So, there’s this web site over at http://steven.davidmcrampton.com/ that used to have its own domain. When the Steven project started up, I was intending on creating an entire independent comics publishing company. Well, when the project sputtered, and came close to dying, that didn’t happen. It’s nice, though, when I’m proven right about there being a void to fill for that sort of thing, locally. It’s even better when I’m proven right with -quality- art and writing.

Enter Comics Obscura. Just take a few minutes to browse.

Lansing-based. Amazing artwork. Quality writing. Yes, I have all three issues. And yes, I’m at least going to be picking up the Tao of Snarky when it gets out there as its own issue.

Did I mention that it’s in Lansing? Michigan? As in, where I live?

I’m incredibly happy and excited for these guys, and only half because I have my own nefarious plans for them. In unrelated news, I’ve removed all of the publication company logos and text from the Steven site… the one with the URL up top. I updated the bios a bit, removed defunct email addresses, and posted a nice ranty rant on the front page. I’ve linked to the Steven fiction that’s being posted up on the main site and plotted out the history of the idea on the About Us page. I even flexed my newbish muscles at graphic creation in coming up with a new logo.

Needless to say, I hate it. I’ll come up with something else soon, no doubt.

It should trouble me more, I think, that I haven’t been able to get in touch with . Him being the artist, and all. But it doesn’t. I’ll get a hold of him soon.

This is how I roll. No really, I’m gonna get down on the floor and roll around, all Homer-like.

Or not.

Issue 3 of theSteven fiction has been posted on the site. This issue introduces Steven’s progeny, Blaize. She’s as creepy as he is, with just a tad more viciousness and a penchant for retribution. She features heavily in the developing story. In fact, I’m writing as much about her as I am about Steven in the third story arc. And all thanks to .

I’m keeping the momentum going. I was able to write on both of my lunch breaks for the past two days, though they were pretty truncated. I had intended on writing yesterday after my blood donation, but first I stayed too late at work to make my donation appointment (must reschedule!) and then I had the opportunity to hang out with , so I did. Good times. Politics, semantics, extolling the virtues of mushrooms, and gaming talk. We spent far too much time in a booth at Denny’s, but isn’t that really just the way of things? The Tao of Denny’s?

Good lord, my writery posts are beginning to eclipse my random-life-update posts, horoscope posts, and quizzes. What the hell? You’d think I was focusing on being a writer or something…

I know that this is a recurring theme, but I really should take my own advice more often. What would I do with myself if I finished Steven? What would I do with myself if I had two major writing projects under my belt, instead of just one? It’s definitely time to find out. I started, and finished, writing the fiction behind Issue 19 this weekend.

Not only that, but I seem to have come up with a crazy, wacky, zany idea about getting it to print. I’ve been working on this Steven idea since 2003, and the idea of it seeing print makes me all tingly. I went to bed after writing, got up the next morning -thinking about writing-. I didn’t putz around or waste time, I went straight to writing again. This is good.

I’ll be putting the next issue worth of Steven fiction up in the next day or so. If you’ve got comments about it, or any of the other stuff I’ve posted up for your reading pleasure, I’m very interested. Comments here, or posts in the Google Group would really help me improve, I think. And that’s really what I’m going for. I’m trying to be a better writer. :)

Chest x-ray was a success. Quick and painless has been my general experience at Sparrow, except for that one time. Anyway, in and out, and my Doc should have those nifty pictures soon, so I can make an appointment to have another sleep study done. I wonder if I should do the pics, like did. Would probably make a sweet LJ icon.

I just filled out the American Community Survey. It’s pretty strange to get a piece of mail that says YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW. Now that the U.S. Mail is a corporation instead of a governmental body, I have to wonder if the Census Bureau has to pay them for all of this heavy postage. Either way, I’m not paying for it. (The last sentence has been brought to you by Typical American Responses, Inc.)

WinAmp is kicking iTunes’ butt. I’m just sayin’.

There’s more stuff up at the writery site. For serious. I’m continuing to slap up the fiction behind the upcoming comic, lovingly entitled Steven. I’m thinking of subtitling it Schizophrenic Vampire with Delusions of Grandeur -or- Angel of Thirst. I miss those dual secondary titles from back in the day. And we wonder where literary dualism comes from. (Or do we?)

Maybe I should finish Book 3 of the Steven fiction. But, then two major projects would be completed! What would I do with myself?