Maturing Ideas

Hey friends!

I'm happy to report that things are going quite well in my life. I got a raise at the day job. My pal Dean and I are working together again and that's a great thing! He's on day shift for the moment for training, but he will join my night shift very soon. Then it will be like old times.

I've also been going to the gym more. I'm down 8 pounds, which is a nice start. I'm really trying to watch what I eat and keep this gym train a rolling. I'm also doing a lot of strength training and weight lifting. That's new.... and welcome!

My book sale is over and I'm happy to see that so many people took advantage of it! I sold quite a few Pleasant Life and Anna Pocalypse books! (Of course, a few Starslam books as well!) I got a few commissions from the sale too. I might have to do this sale again. Maybe closer to Christmas. We'll see.

On the work front, I'm busy with Starslam 3 research and thumbnailing. But mainly this week I am finishing up a long dormant project: My first novel! Its a collection of non-fiction stories about my life. Things I've done, places I've been, poetry, etc. Some of it is content from the blog here. Some of it are things that stem all the way back from High School! Also in it are a bunch of unreleased comedy writing I've done from when I was thinking about trying stand up and other comedy bits I've wrote throughout the years. It really is a nice kitchen sink of writing from me. I got a few more things to type out and edit and I am hoping to have it out by Christmas. But honestly, it will be sooner than that if all goes well. After that, its full speed ahead on Starslam 3 and the Porn Store Tell All book I've been promising. This is all in an effort to get my stove clean, as we talked about last time.

While I do think that anyone can pick up my new book and read it for entertainment, I'm mostly doing this book for my kids. I have books and books of poems and various writings I've done that sorta needed to be gone through and streamlined into one cohesive piece. I wanted to do that for them to read.  Maybe to see what daddy has done and thought about the events of his life. Maybe someday they will care. I wish my parents did that for me. Because the only currency we have in this life is our stories and how we treat people. That's what I'm trying to say with this book I am doing. I know you all will enjoy it!

After all these things, I will move into the next phase of it all. Whatever that is.

I'm just evolving and maturing my ideas. The old system of things like going to conventions and pursuing that whole life is a flawed one. I've worked hard over the years to cultivate a nice core community of people who dig what I do and support the work. I'm glad its finally coming to fruition this year! Starslam 2 was the biggest seller of my over twenty years of doing these things. After that, I felt like there is nothing I cannot do! And I've got more emails and messages of support and more and more people are discovering what it is I've been trying to do all this time. Nothing stops the Adam signal. The world may try to sling its arrows at me, but I deflect them and knock them off. Cause you can't stop me.

After these things are done, I'm not living in the past and chasing the puck. I'm going to where the puck is going to be. You can't go in circles all your life and then ask "why am I going in circles?" Its a waste of time and energy you could be putting into creating art and living a good life. There is no "breaking in." You just do it yourself! You can't be a "has been" or a "never was" if you just simply DIDN'T CARE TO BE. Don't get trapped in old systems or look for groups to make you feel validated. Do you. Do your own thing.

That's what I've done all my life. And it has served me. Art has got me through the toughest times in my life. I cannot abandon it. But I certainly can mature and evolve the approach I take to it. So I do things for me. I do things for my kids. I do things for my fans, of which I discover.. are more than I think.

I'm excited to finish these projects I've been promising. And I'm excited about what is to come. There is so much work to do and I feel like its finally happening. I'm making my way around this ball of mud, and I'm rich in my heart that so many people care.

Thank you!

--T