Ponderous Things: The Reboot

One of my goals for this blog is to share some insights and artwork with anyone who's interested in my work while, at the same time, sort through all the characters, storylines, and drawings that clutter my train of thought--which is most often a trainwreck, actually. (I hope you remember that RSAS I mentioned in my last post. It's a constant battle!) Unfortunately, I don't currently have a process for sorting through all this junk in my head, and am at times overwhelmed with the volume of "important" stuff that I have to write, draw, or otherwise express. Often, I feel a great sense of urgency to scribble down notes that fall out of my head almost as quickly as they popped in. Notes, sketches, to-dos, don't-evers, and on and on...The list is endless, really. So, with the highest hopes and the best intentions, I'm starting today's post like this: Now, I know this may seem odd, but bear with me for at least these first few posts and let me find

So much to say, so little space to say it...without boring you to tears on your first visit. First, thank you for visiting my reboot. My intention here is to keep my posts relatively short (we may all have a good laugh about this later), but informative. First, I think I have some 'splainin' to do, Lucy. A few years ago, I had a blog called Ponderous Things. It was a fun place for me to write about the books I'd published and to warn of my upcoming endeavors. I usually posted a very informal, write-it-as-it-comes flash fiction story about the world inside my head, along with a few digital illustrations that I'd come up with while fiddling around with Adobe Photoshop. I added the images strictly to keep my readers' attention, beings that I have first hand knowledge of the condition known as RSAS, or Ridiculously Short Attention Span , and can attest that pictures help immensely... My goal for the original Ponderous Things was to stay in touch with my re