
The Truth
Part Three
In August of 2011, I started this Blog
It was intended to be a Writing Blog, designed to get me into the habit of Writing on a regular basis
In fact I set a goal at its’ inception of 1,000 Words Per Day (On average), and for the first year and a half, I averaged more
My goal was set on the premise that I’d always heard which is, ‘Writers Write’
Anyway, it worked… I’ve been writing on and off in this Blog for the last 9 years
Originally I wrote about things that interest me, then quickly moved onto Poetry, Blog Stories, Novellas and even a Fantasy Novel
In fact in 2012 I Self Published a Poetry Book based on the first batch of Poems written in this blog

As well as my First Novella
I also wrote my First Complete Fantasy Novel
‘Chess With Agatha’
Hired an Editor for it, but still didn’t feel it was ready for Publishing
I later had a Second Editor give a few Chapters a go, and during she asked if it would be alright if she ReWrote a bit of the chapters as well
I was so pleased with her ReWrites, that I decided the only way I would Publish it, is if I could hire her to ReWrite the whole book
Sadly, that has not occurred as of yet… But someday I hope
I have tons, and tons of Poetry in this Blog (You can check it out in the Poems Tab)
As well as Blog Stories (Also many Tabs off to the the right)
But at the end of 2012, I wrote my Follow Up/2nd Novella in the ‘Mady Chronicles’
After that, life got a bit busy, but I still posted in this Blog from time to time
But in 2015 I hired an Editor (The one I want to ReWrite ‘Chess With Agatha’), and Published ‘Mady’s Storm’
By the end of 2015, I was really missing Filmmaking
So I decided to do a Mock Trailer for a Web Series based on the Screenplay ‘White Jade’ I had written back in 2002-04
It was really rough, but still, there was something there that inspired me to move forward and actually create a 16 Episode Web Series for ‘White Jade’
I took the original screenplay, and broke it into 16 parts, then started going into PreProduction
It was around that time that I started going out again, and was able to go to dinner, movies, some stores etc., my hope was I’d be up to Directing the Web Series once it was ready to go
After the Mock Trailer, during the Holidays of 2015, my two nephews came down, and we filmed this short
Then it was straight ahead into PreProduction of ‘White Jade’, the Web Series
Here’s a Video Collage I threw together to inspire the Concept of the Project/Story
In addition to beginning a long Casting Process, here’s a Video of our First (And only) Sword Training for the project
And a PreProduction Video I did later in the year
And a Rehearsal Video from October, 2016
And Two Scenes we Shot in September, but never Post Produced (Added Visual Effects Etc.)
And finally, the Video I made which I planned on using for the Kickstarter
I had 8 Actors lined up, a Makeup Artist, Costume Design Concepts from a whole class of Costume Design Students from a nearby College, I had the Budget Planned out for the whole 16 Episodes, I had a CoProducer, a Visual Effects Person/Assistant Director, some locations chosen…
…then, life stepped in
First of all, at the end of 2016, my Third Uncle (I lost two earlier) passed away, and it hit me really hard
Then, while trying some new medicines, I had a severe Anxiety Attack caused by side effects
At that point, it had been so long since I had, had an Anxiety Attack, I decided to take the Holidays off, and work on the Kickstarter in the beginning of 2017
In the early part of 2017, I also parted ways with my Visual Effects/Assistant Director, which was a huge blow to the project
He was the one that was going to create the ‘Futuristic World’ of ‘White Jade’
I looked for a replacement, but finding someone who was willing to work without pay, was very difficult…
After finishing the preparations of the Kickstarter, I came to the painful realization, that the latest Anxiety Attack had lead to me not going out again, which meant I wouldn’t be able to Direct the Project
I then sent a difficult Email to my Actors, suspending Production of ‘White Jade’