Another SOL reader has emailed me to inquire about my recent authorial accomplishments, prompting me to update this blog. Unfortunately, I haven't made any writing progress.
My authorial ambitions have come to naught because a few years ago I started suffering from a damned annoying medical condition. Nothing life-threatening, just a lot of ongoing pain, the medication for which seriously harms my ability to concentrate and be thoughtful.
I was researching for a story idea I had, tentatively entitled "Worms", and I even started writing it. Unfortunately, just about every time I went back to re-read previously written pages, I was very dissatisfied with their quality.
I still harbor those ambitions -- more than ever because I'm so unproductive in other areas of my life -- so I still hope to one day get on top of my condition. All I'm doing now is occasionally working on a third idea, which is just a light-weight, throw-away trivial piece. Working on it is a way of testing my (in)ability to construct a decent story. So far, I'm not encouraged to resume working on Worms.
Thanks for the occasional inquiries and notes of appreciation for Deja Vu Ascendancy that I get.
Happy reading,
AA