Behold the hallowed pages of this years' Hallowscream, a comic book bursting with the very worst that human imagination has to offer.
Page 9 has a jolly little tale by myself and artist Ciaran Duke entitled 'No Pain, No Gain.'
It is the story of what happens when you run back from work in the dark and have both an unhealthy obsession with Strava and an overactive imagination
Hallowscream 2021 is FREE and can be downloaded for FREE here.
I've had a script accepted. Hurrah!
A simple idea for a story came to me at work one day which quickly turned into a one pager for Hallowscream, a publication I've been involved with before and who've recently opened their submissions for this year's collection of strange / horror stories.
No artist commissioned as yet, but the comic is set to be published Halloween 2021.
So it seems that picking up from where I left of is not as easy as I'd thought.
Although technically I now have more 'free' time, most of it is filled by the greatest driver in my life - running, swimming and biking. Couple that with a backlog of about 10 years worth of DIY and I seemingly have to make a choice - triathlon or writing. Not a choice at all really .
I've looked back through some of my 'pending' stories and scripts, but most need to be completely reworked, so it really would be starting again from scratch. But perhaps my biggest hurdle is actually motivation, let me explain.
For the staggering amount of time and effort it takes to create, write, rewrite and constantly edit one of my stories, (case in point my novella), there is little to no actual reward... very few people ever read them. Now contrast that with every single time I go out on my bike, take part in a race, or beat a record, I am as happy as I can be. Like I say, not a choice at all really.
Time will tell if I can perhaps start small and build up to being a worthy 'hobby' writer again, but for now, I'm much happier dedicating my time to being a better Ironman Triathlete and Ultra Marathon runner.
