Ok, where was I?
On the horns of a dilemma. Either go for the money with The Marathon Watch (but the money might never materialize), or Write the Ethosian Sci-fi series. First writing books like The Marathon Watch (which I consider serious fiction) is very difficult for me - I have to put so much of myself into it. On the other hand the Ethosian book series would instead be fun. Money vs. enjoyment. Hard work vs fun.
Seems like a no-brainer right?
Well let me add one more bit of information. I had 20 beta readers for The Marathon Watch, and everyone of them emphatically said I should pursue the Marathon trilogy. That's powerful persuasion.
Then there was the final nail in the coffin. Marsha, my wife, "suggested" I continue with the Marathon trilogy. I learned long ago that Marsha's suggestions carry the force of law - unless I want to be miserable for a long time. But I am no wimp. I fought back and finally had to put my foot down. Decision made.
I decided to work on the Marathon book, although I still dream about my Ethosian world in my spare time and it is becoming more real to me every day. When I do write it, it should be a killer.
Now what? The task before me seems enormous. Develop theme, characters, plot and outline. When I wrote Marathon Watch, I had trouble keeping everything straight so I wanted to see if there were authoring tools available that could help. I wanted to improve my skill, are there night classes available?
A long list of things to do and I decided to start on the outline and characters. No problem right?
Blank page-itus.
Complete mental vapor-lock.
Blank stare at the wall, mouth agape.
My muse had caught the last train for the coast without warning.
Choke.
Do not fear, it is always darkest just before it turn pitch black. More in a few days.
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