Things aren’t back to normal for me yet, but I feel like I’m starting to use recent personal events as an excuse to slide back into “screw it; I’ll just play video games” mode. It’s time to get back to work.

So where did I leave off? Oh. Right. The October Falls anthology.

I was deep into writing an original tale for “Welcome to October Falls”, but I’ve decided to delay that. I’ll still write it; it’s too good not to. But I think I’ll write ANOTHER new tale for this collection instead. What I’ve got in mind has less action, but is creepier, which I think the anthology needs a bit more of. It’s also (hopefully) quite a bit shorter. I’ve got the idea for it pretty much nailed down in my head, but I need to throw some flesh (details) onto the bones (vague outline in my head) before I start slinging prose. The plan is to get that done this week; write the story next week, go into proofreading/editing/formatting mode for a week or two, and finally get this thing published in a month.

That’s the plan, anyway. I’ll keep you guys informed on progress.