Current Projects

I have a tendency to overwhelm myself with projects.  The problem is that I have too many things that I want to create before I die.  In fact, I have currently have more ideas in me than I likely have life left.  So I try to get as many of them out as possible.  I’m like a sinking ship with passengers who I’m trying to put onto lifeboats before I sink into the waters of mortality.

Here is a list of the projects I have coming up later this year:

RPG Storytime podcast

Finish RPG Storytime Star Wars

Re-release Pro Bono

Release a companion piece for Pro Bono

Relic Worlds Adventures board game

Relic Worlds RPG

Relic Worlds short stories

Relic Worlds podcast

Command Combat 2^nd edition

Book about Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant

Book about my childhood with Ryan

Star Wars fan fiction

 

We’ll see at the end of the year how much I get done.

A Long List of Projects

I have a problem.  And that problem is that I have too many interests and too many projects I want to do.  I also have a panicked sense of mortality.  Realizing that we all only have so much time to live, I have a constant sense of a clock ticking down.  I feel like a ship that's sinking, and every story, every invention, every game, every character I will ever create, is a passenger on that ship.  And once I go beneath the waves, it'll be over.  I feel responsible for all of them, and I feel a need to get them all out.

With self-publishing and print on demand allowing me to make these ideas a reality, they are all flowing out, and I'm overwhelmed with self-imposed responsibilities.  This year, the number of projects I'm working on have sneaked up on me, and I'm having to come to terms with just how much I've put on my shoulders.

Here's the list of projects I'm trying to get done this year:

Wanted, Foul, and Worthy (The Relic Worlds novella)

Tales and Lives of the Vietnam War (My non-fiction book)

A Borrowed Life (The novel about my cousin in the '80s)

Pitch a non-fiction book for traditional publication

Write the next part of my Star Wars fan fiction (The size of a novella)

RPG Storytime "Star Wars" (A huge series of videos)

Catch up on a bunch of the gaming videos from before

Create a Relic Worlds RPG

Start two podcasts: Relic Worlds and Bandwagon Games

Make Command Combat: Civil War 2nd edition

Go after writing and directing agents

All that on top of the regular promotions I'm doing for what I've already made.  Hopefully 2019 will turn out to be a productive year.

My Varying Interests

Perhaps my biggest benefit is also my biggest drawback, my varying interests.  I've always had a wide array of likes and hobbies.  I can never settle on just one thing; it makes me restless.  This is also one of the main reasons I'm a storyteller; I always want to jump to another world.  Had I chosen a different profession I would be stuck in one world.  Speaking of telling stories, I've never understood the concept of always writing in one genre.  It feels like when one does that, they're taking away the greatest benefit of writing.  I know it's better for building a platform and making more money, but I would feel so trapped if I did that.

But I digress.  I was speaking of my interests, and I have recently narrowed them down to three basic categories:

Writing
Filmmaking
Game design

Thanks to the wonders of self-publishing, Youtube, and print on demand, I'm able to do all three.  This has, in a way, caused a problem for me.  You see, for years, I was trying to pitch projects in all three of these categories to those who could make them a reality.  I got turned down so much that I have a huge backlog of projects.  Ever since self-publishing in all three categories came out, I've been doing them myself.  And the floodgates have flown wide open, overwhelming me with the ability to make whatever I want and get it to the public.

The problem is the irritating finite of time... and the fact that I need to sleep, and do a job that brings in enough money to live.  Plus, and this is a big one, I need to promote the projects so I'm not just whistling in the dark.

And so I have had to organize these into specific projects set for specific times.

Writing includes the two books I'm putting together this year along with the short stories for Relic Worlds, plus the promotions for the past titles.  The books I'm making this year are coming out at the beginning of the year and end of the year, while the promotions will be scattered throughout.

Filmmaking has become the gaming channel I have on Youtube called Command Combat Battle Reports, as well as a show I have that supports Relic Worlds that centers around geocaching.  These are fitting in during the middle of the year.

Games would include a wide host of games I've invented, but since I'm short on time and this is the lowest priority, it's centered around finishing Command Combat: Civil War, which I started years ago, and games that support the promotion of Relic Worlds.  These are being done sort of around the center and end of the year.