Back to Black

Or at least back to the void.

After a brief sojourn with Substack, alongside a not so insignificant amount of time in radio silence and aimless, unfocused activity, I have returned to my most comfortable little corner on the internet. I’ve realized, if nothing else, this place will serve as the tale of someone who probably should have given up long ago and yet continues for no reason other than a gnawing suspicion that it’s what he ought to be doing. I’m still knee deep in a number of projects, though I have been making progress. Un Chien is coming along with me now polishing up the initial inks. Regrettably, the pens I used to do the initial inks proved to be more than a little problematic. Flow and clogging were both big issues for me that ultimately slowed me down more than I would have liked. Thankfully, I found a fountain pen that works quite well and am using it to go back through and put in the detail work I’d wanted to do with the initial pens but wasn’t able to achieve.

The yet-to-be named novel is coming along well, though has briefly stalled here recently due to my primarily working on it at work and work being busier than usual. That said, I’m determined to finish it come hell or high water if only to say that I’ve finally done it.

I found my love for photography again and expect to upload the new photos soon, with updates to that section coming roughly once a month.

Ephemerol, my own little forever project is moving forward at a snail’s pace.

Dick’s for listening!