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March 06, 2007
So, what next?
So. I'm through with the major production on my first graphic novel. What do I want to do next?
I'd love to do a series with another artist, but that always seems to become problematic for me. I'm not at the point yet where I can do it all myself on a monthly basis, so the need for collaboration is definitely still there. Plus, I honestly do enjoy working in that manner. It works a different part of my creativity, and a lot of times it can create something I definitely couldn't have done on my own.
I've got a couple of series ideas I'd like to do some day soon. Both have legs to them. Hopefully my profile will be raised enough to get some folks willing to pitch with me.
I think for any of my longform work, for now at least, I'll be doing so with another artist. I mean, it'd be cool to do a one-man anthology like Ash Wood's doing with D'Arain Aventure, but is there really a market for ME to do that? No, not now.
I'm planning out the next two graphic novels I want to do. I think it'd be fruitful to have more than one major project going, to work different areas of my creativity.
One is a memoir telling of the two bank robberies I was held hostage in. It's a story I really want to tell, and that I think folks will get something out of reading. I've also got a narrative device I came up with that I think will be something pretty special.
The other is the next Black Chamber book. I think this'll wind up being a three to five volume series, and I've got a lot of story to tell with this. Hopefully the first does well enough to warrant more books.
EDIT: It hit me, at this phase in my life, I seem to be Starting things. I used to be all about Quitting things. Quitting smoking, quitting pot, quitting caffeine, quitting hard alcohol, etc. That's a nice change.
Posted by Schamberger at March 6, 2007 10:47 AM