Some BIG news this week.
I turn 34 tomorrow. (that's not the news) Somewhere between 29 and now a lot of things changed in my life. Diabetes. Divorce. The break up of a band I'd been in since high school. New job. Travel. Now comic books.
I'm not sure I've ever worked this hard in my life, and that's saying a lot.
Which is why it hurt pretty bad to find that I had to change the name of my book. I've been calling it "Interface" for nearly a year. I think I would have kept bouncing ideas off of my friends forever if not for Alan.. (assailant logo creator and all around smart guy).. who told me to make a decision and stick with it. The problem had always been that the names I was coming up with never felt right. "the human interface" "interfacer" and "interface: the last days of alex carter". Not terrible, but all left that taste in my mouth like I had just eaten shit. I really loved "interface". It was kind of my baby. The other names were part of what I liked and part of something else.. you know... NOT getting sued. I don't mind compromise, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm a stubborn bastard.
Within 15 minutes of Alan's comment, I had the new name. It's like someone acting hysterical in a movie. You slap them in the face and they come back to reality. That's what happened to me.
So.. a couple of major changes at the last minute before printing. No big deal.
The new book title is:
Binary Gray
I love this. It's original. It's slightly abstract sounding, yet still fits perfectly within the context of the story and Alex's struggles in the book. His powers of course... but the line that he walks in the book is right on the edge of good and evil. Not really black. Not really white.
The second big change is to Alex Carter himself. His name anyway. (So glad I hadn't printed the book before this happened) Meet ALEX GRAY. A simple name change gives the book title another level of meaning and cool.
I loved "interface". I thought it was cool and sleek, but when I look at it now, it feels kind of generic. "Binary Gray" just feels right to me. When all of this renaming business went down, I was pretty upset. (again - it was just bad research on my part) But I thought deep down "you know.. i might come up with something i like better". When that didn't happen a bit of panic sunk in that wasn't much fun to deal with. Then this. I DO like this name better. I did reach that plateau. It feels good. Maybe a little panic is just good from time to time.
Ok.. enough of that. Book 1 is nearly complete and Book 2 is currently being colored. I've made the decision to print both books at the same time. The Assailant Comics website will open once the digital versions are available to purchase, with the print versions following a couple weeks after. I think that makes the most sense. If everything goes as planned I'll have both books for the first convention this Spring. If it doesn't go as planned, I'll be handing out a lot of promotion material and probably sobbing at my table. If that happens, just take a free sticker and move on.
The other big news is that this will be my last blog entry here. My good friend Dan has offered me a spot on his site, MyComicBlog.com, where I've been writing reviews for the past few months. It's not up yet, but very soon all of my new blog entries will be there and archived on that site. I'm keeping my personal blog separate from the Assailant site. It's just what feels right to me.
I like detailing the good and bad that I have to deal with and have dealt with through this process. It's like a public business diary where I can tell bad jokes. Hopefully that will bring additional traffic to my blog and additional traffic to the Assailant site and people will actually buy my books. It's worth a shot anyway. I'm excited for the change and I'll certainly make one last post here with the link to the new blog address.
In some other news... Work on Sleepless continues to look great. I just completed my first draft on my first screenplay. I have a follow up meeting for that this week but the general consensus was that it was very well received. That was a great break and fun to write. So now it's back to writing "Things Behind the Sun" and a couple of other short stories I've been working on.
Assailant shirts and stickers came in and they both look great. I'll be ordering more stickers shortly.
I'm not sure what else to say. Finger crossed. It's getting closer every day.
xoxox
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