I've received a number of e-mails asking whether I am still writing. I think some of these questions come because I've been helping Robberhands edit his 'The Black Rabbit' story (and if you're not already reading the story, you really should; it's a fascinating read and well worth the price of admission). I think some think that editing is taking up all of my time - au contraire; Robberhand's story needs very little in the way of editing. As a matter of fact, there are times I think I'm doing nothing but mucking up his perfectly good prose.
The truth is that I *AM* still writing (you've heard it here first!). I'm working on Calix's next gig (except that, as it reads now, it's boring and I really need to jazz it up), I'm working on a little story I've been writing (off and on) for near seven years now - 'Through the Mirror Darkley', and I've got a new one that has been popping through my head for years that I'm trying to actually get down on paper.
The problem is my muse (more or less). She is in desperate need of massive doses of Ritalin - or maybe Adderall. Every time I start one story, she interrupts me with another great story premise. It got so bad that I was up to fifty-four stories in my 'Active' bin - none of which had more than four chapters (except for the Calix story and the Darkley story). So, a few weeks ago, I cut and pasted ALL of my stories (except those two) into my 'Inactive' bin. Then, I started going through the inactive bin to clean it up. It turns out that I had four stories of perhaps three chapters each which all revolved around a near identical character - and the premise I'd written for each one was pretty darned good. So, I combined those into the story I'm actively writing right now that is tentatively called 'Runesward'. It's a little sword and sorcery thing I'm putting together that I have great hope for; I'm really kind of enjoying writing this (so far).
I think part of Runesward's appeal is that editing Robberhand's epic tale has put me in the mood for it. Perhaps another is that I've been watching the 'Mythica' movies (with a little 'Andromeda' thrown in - though how SF equates to Fantasy has me at a loss).
Anyway, the 'TL;DR' version (which I am far, far too late getting to) is that I am writing and I hope to put out another story this year - I'm just not sure which story will win.