The End in Sight

I'm working on the last chapter of Broken Horizon right now. I can't believe I'm saying that.

I have three other episodes that I could be cultivating into full-blown stories, but lately I've been feeling a pull to bring this to a close, and trying to mold those chapters into more stories just feels like treading water to me. It just happened a couple of weeks ago, I was writing something else and I thought of a great ending sequence for Severs, Robbie and Maria. I jotted it down & thought "Maybe that's how I'll bring it to a close in a year or so." And then the story started to really take shape, so I HAD to pay full attention to it.

I really was thinking that I could drag this out into something resembling novel-length, or at least big enough to put into a paperback. But the more I wrote, it became apparent that, as much as I didn't want to face it, in my heart, I knew;

It was time.

Broken Horizon started as a fun exercise in writing for me, it made me write every day until I got into the habit of doing so. I started the first story off in medias res, and it forced me to do some backtracking to unravel things a bit for the reader. Every episode had mistakes and flaws that were learning curve lessons for me, and I tried to make each one successively better.

The thing is, I have so many other stories that want out, and so many characters that are starting to demand attention that I'm not going to be able to keep returning to this world for much longer. And when writing becomes a chore, it's time to think of something else.

So the final chapter should be ready in a few days. I'm considering putting them all together, perhaps with a few episodes I still have half-written, into a PDF. We'll see.

Thanks to everyone who read and commented on my writing, and especially to Steve Perry who doesn't let me get away with shit.

See you all in a few days.