Now I know what you may be thinking from reading that title. But I hate to disappoint you but when I say I’ve finally committed myself I am not speaking of rolling up to one of those places where there put you in a straight jacket and leave you in a room to your thoughts. Though, my wife at times may want me to be committed to such a place, it is not happening at this point. No, what I’ve committed myself to is finally getting the first four books in a series completely written and ready for publishing.
Over the years I’ve bounced between several series ideas. What I worked on for that particular moment was largely dependent on how I was feeling at any particular stage. Lately, with what the world has been going through, I’ve found myself focusing on a series that has more of a political edge to it. Part of the reasoning I found myself concentrating more on this series was due to all of the racial unrest happening across the world.
The main character in this political series is a fixer. And right now as I watch the news cycles, twitter feeds, and Facebook postings, I want to fix things. Fix things in a way where the people who throw back All Lives Matter whenever someone says Black Lives Matter. Fix things when someone says Make America Great Again (still haven’t exactly gotten a answer as to when America was great for everyone). Our country is in turmoil right now and it needs fixing.
I know writing a book that is meant to entertain might not be the solution to a lot of the systemic issues we are faced with today but in my own small way I’m able to write about a world that I imagine my children will live in. The character in this world fixes issues that directly affect those in his world. If only it was that easy.
But as the title suggest. I’ve finally committed myself…to focusing on just this one series. Tomorrow is a new day and with a new day comes a new opportunity to commit myself to do something else.
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