Projected Activity
Lord Bitweaver’s Journal, 31st of Colddark, 716 —
I got a preliminary thumbs-up from Roxy on Episode Nineteen. All I have to do with that one is do the editing pass, confirm voice actors, get the recordings, and edit them together. Then I can release. Easy, right? So easy that I’m going to try to start Episode Twenty this week, because that’s going to be a special season finale anniversary episode, and that’s going to be even worse. I think that all successful writers have masochistic tendencies.
On top of that, I’m starting Project Discordia tomorrow. No, it’s not related (much) to the Principia or the Illuminatus tales – more to the original goddess Eris herself. But we’ll see: I expect this project to take months at least, and many things can change between here and there. I rather expect them to. That’s part of the fun. It’s also part of the Monty Oum Project, a fan effort to honor the memory of RWBY’s creator by setting aside our fears and excuses and making new things. I’ve had the idea that Project Discordia’s time had nearly come, and this was the last sign I needed to start putting the pieces in order.
Then, of course, there’s Project Shadow. That will consume not just time, but money and other resources I don’t have now but I may have soon. Some people know a little about it and they are pretty excited; well, so am I. This is probably the least practical of the ides I have going right now, but it would likely be one of the most fun. And if I can pull it off, it has the potential to be something flashy and attention-getting.
Lastly, Project Punk which has been on the boards for at least a year-and-a-half. Changes in my personal life may bring that back in reach again… it’s hard to say. This excursion would be done almost for fun alone; it won’t advance my life goals in almost any way, but we should all have a good time and maybe pick up a few bucks. I don’t know where I’d find the time, but that’s becoming such a regular refrain I’m beginning to ignore it.
See, the time is there. I’ve suspected this for a while. If I can stop focusing on social media that’s boring me, and stop fretting over anxieties that are rarely as bad as my jerkbrain makes them out to be, and stop re-reading books I’ve read 100 times just because they are comfortable, all this time could be going toward my creativity and personal goals. That’s what I’d like most to do with 2016: I’ve been spending my time more wisely lately, but I’m thinking I could do even better!
At least I don’t have to worry if I’m a writer any more. I’m writing constantly these days (if constantly means at least a few hundred words a week). They say that if you’re writing… then you’re a writer. That’s been good for my confidence and creativity. And that means even more words escape my brain to appear on these pages.
