And so, Another Chapter Unfolds

January 8, 2025 – The End of a 12-Year Odyssey

Well, peops, it’s done. After nearly 12 years, endless rewrites, caffeine/whiskey-fuelled nights, and enough self-doubt to fill the Grand Canyon, Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway is finally complete.

It's not professionally edited and not yet ready for the world. It's also not legally publishable (we’ll just leave that part in the murky depths of things that can’t be explained without a lawyer). But it is finished and, honestly, that’s the part that matters most to me.

If you’ve ever wrestled with a creative project that refused to let you go, you know what I mean. It wasn’t just about wrapping up a novel, it was about putting an end to an era that carried as much sadness as it did euphoria, something that haunted me, challenged me, and at times, made me wonder if I should just walk away. But I didn’t.

I needed to see this through. Even if it never lands on bookshelves, even if the world never reads a single page, this was an odyssey I had to complete for me. And now, with the final sentence written, it’s time for the next chapter, the artwork.

I’m gearing up to bring this story to life visually, prepping it for print in whatever form it can take. There’s something poetic about shaping it into something tangible even if its fate remains uncertain.

So, here’s to finishing what we start, to giving ourselves permission to create even when it’s messy, and to finding closure in things that refused to let us go for far too long.

Let’s see where this next phase takes us.