What a long, eldritch trip it's been...

Three years ago, I turned fifty, which I think is the exact right age to have a proper mid-life crisis. I had spent my life reading comics and loving comics, and decided that for my 3rd act (which is what I'm calling the period between 50 and decrepitude), I'd try my hand at writing comics. For the first time in over thirty years, I sat down to write with a real sense of urgency behind it. And I wrote a lot. Of shit.

Two years ago, I had a bunch of sprawling, half-completed scripts and a lingering suspicion that this comic writing thing was harder than it seemed (It is). I had some really cool characters and some fun scenes, but the scripts meandered, and I couldn't stick the landings. I forced myself to go back to basics and tell a smaller story -- one that had a beginning, middle, and (gods willing) end. And then, (gods willing) to do it again.

And so I began working on my own anthology series, Miskatonic Monthly -- a collection of short cosmic horror stories -- set in Lovecraft's Arkham and featuring students and staff of Miskatonic University. In the spirit of "I made all the mistakes, so you don't have to," this blog will focus on what I learned as I moved from script to book -- it was a hell of a learning experience -- and my upcoming experiences in crowdfunding and indie publishinga s I launch an October Kickstarter for my first comic at the ripe young age of 53.

Hope you'll follow along,

Doug