This is really a post to myself right now, given that my current readership is nonexistent, but I’m going to be focusing the blog more on my own ideas and inspirations for writing than on other people’s work. I will be talking about other people’s work in the context of how their ideas are influencing my ideas, but that’s about it for reviews and commentary. I am planning on eventually submitting my work to agents and publishing houses for (hopefully) professional publication.

For anyone who is reading this and wants to know why I’m even considering writing fiction professionally, this isn’t my first rodeo as a writer. I am a currently employed magazine editor and have been a journalist for the last nine years.

So, what am I working on? My first project is a fiction novel, specifically science fiction. I’ve had an idea for a certain story for years now, and I’m finally getting around to putting words on a page. I do have ideas for other stories, and have written a few in fact, but it’s been my ambition to complete a novel for about eight years now, so I’ll be posting about my progress on my novel more than most other things around here. 

Next, I have an idea for (I think) a unique take on a tabletop RPG. I’ve been on the fringes of the indie tabletop/story gaming scene for about three years now (check out The Forge and Story Games if you’re interested in learning more about this subject. Do I plan to publish my idea? I’m not sure at this point. Once I get a first draft finished I’ll be playtesting it with friends. From there, I’ll just play it by ear.

Also on the gaming front, I’m currently co-editing my friend Alex Duarte’s game unWritten. I’ve been involved in playtesting his game for at least a couple of years now, so it’s very cool to see it entering the final draft stage. I’ll post a bit more about unWritten in the future, but suffice it to say that it’s a tabletop roleplaying game about creating just about any kind of story you would want to read or watch.

That’s it for now. I’ll be updating periodically, likely a few times a week, to keep myself on track. If after reading any of this you plan to follow this blog, I do plan to include content that will be useful to other aspiring writers. Check back in a few days for more on my writing process and interesting things I’ve found online that relate to fiction writing.

Aw, what the heck. Here’s a great writing podcast that I listen to regularly that every aspiring fiction writer should check out: Writing Excuses. It’s produced by Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler and Dan Wells, all published writers in fantasy fiction, webcomics and horror fiction, respectively.