Dane Mallahan

Hello all.

It’s September finally and I am starting to feel autumn’s impending grace.  I love the fall.  It starts to get cloudy and dark and I can start to retreat into myself; it always makes for good writing.

This week I was really focused on working on my Away Team issues.  I wrote about 23 pages this week and was able to get caught up and finish the week with a completed issue #4.  I have really been enjoying these short stories and seeing where I go with them.

I spent the rest of my week getting familiar with a new writing software called Scrivener.  There was a little bit of a learning curve but I think I have developed a template that’s going to work for me moving forward.  

I was recently reminded about National Novel Writing Month coming up in November.  It’s something that I have never participated in and something I think would really encourage me to focus even more on writing and press my capabilities.  I don’t want it to be a distraction, however, and part of me feels like the program is for enthusiast writers, not someone who’s trying to make it a profession.  

If I were going to participate I would want to try and get this first “cycle” of Away Team issues completed.  I have been doing an issue a week and have 8 weeks until November, so, I could make it happen.  

But then there is Path of the Chosen that I still have hanging in my thoughts.  I guess I have some thinking to do.  Luckily that’s pretty much all I do!

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Cheers,

Dane