Well, I've been on this site for quite some time, slightly over three years to be precise, and finally I've broken the five-thousand hit barrier. When I last looked, the hit-counter read 5,003.

I figure, since it seems to be commonly accepted practice that when one reaches a landmark in page views, one updates his journal, so, here's an update for you.

After talking to the editor I had on board for a while, it seemed like her services were a bit lacking for the sum she was asking for. She didn't have many contacts within the book publishing business (she mostly works within television and movies), but we decided to keep in touch in case I don't get enough extensive feedback from my initial run of fifteen physical copies of my novel. I'm still looking for an agent or a publisher, and I am not willing to settle for any indie style publications. As far as I'm concerned, I might as well leave it up on DevArt for free than go with something like "Authorhouse" or "Cafepress" or some other "PAY US MONIES AND WE PRINT YOUR BOOK WITH MINIMAL SUPPORT AND OFFER YOU NO FUNDING FOR BOOK SIGNINGS OR PUBLIC APPEARANCES" type deal. I have no time to waste with such people who are looking to make a quick buck off so-called "authors" who just want to have a physical copy of their books in a few, random book-shelves to impress their friends.

...Sorry if that offends anyone, but, yeah, that's how I feel about that.

For me, I want to actually break into the industry, make a name for myself, and start a career. Ambitious, I know, but I don't feel like I could live happily any other way. I think I have something to offer the industry, and even if my career path deviates a bit from what I had intended, as long as I can make a modest living off doing what I love, writing, then I'll be satisfied. My ambitions are a lot larger than this, but I do realise how crowded the market is and how hard it is to promote a new author... I'm just hoping that my instinct is correct, and I've written the right thing for the right time.

I do think I'd have a lot of fun on a team of writers for television or movies or something of that sort. I know when I sort of collaborate with writers over the internets, great things tend to happen. I love being able to bounce ideas back and forth and the whole brainstorming process is probably what I'm best at. Sometimes I wonder if my style, as much as I like it, is a hinderance because my ideas are often so grand... but who knows.

Fuck, I sound like an egotistical asshole now. I'm going to stop stroking my own ego before it makes a mess.

Anyways, I'm going to repost the cover art for Val Gedso: Part I: Premonition, since I think it would be a shame to have Jeff Smith's ( ) beautiful work removed from my page simply to update with "LOLS!!! I GOT 5K HITS! I R KEWL!"



I do love this peice; it's one of the images on my desktop now. I really hope I can find a suitable publisher so I can see it printed, encasing my words in a bound tome. I know if I walked by that cover in a book-store, it would certainly make me at least read the back cover...

I know, I've said it a thousand times already but thanks again, Jeff.

Thanks for all the support to all you people who have peered in to my little corner of the internet these last few years. I hope my presence leaves just electric boxes and turns into something you see on book-shelves, but only time will tell.

-Jordy

[Also: Scar Symmetry's new album is quite good. Any band that has a reference to Immanuel Kant in a song title (Noumenon and Phenomenon) gets a thumbs-up from me. You can hear the entire thing, for a limited time, at their Myspace page here: [link] ]