So if you care to read more about my ‘sudden’ change. Feel free to read on.
I need to start at the beginning though, which takes us back a few years. Probably about twelve, actually. But when I was about ten I decided that I was going to become an author (after a brief stint where I felt that ‘super hero’ was a valid profession).
I had been writing for years, mostly short stories about (you guessed it…) The PKF. But I decided then and there that I wanted to write a real book. But I never really managed too…I was, like, eleven. I could barely write as it was. But I decided that I was going to.
Fast forward a few years, I was maybe sixteen, or seventeen. It was a year to two before I started the comic. I started to write a book called ‘Dragon Realm‘. I got about four chapters into it before I realized that it was like every other fantasy story I had ever read. Which wasn’t a bad thing, but it wasn’t going to get me published. Or, if it was, it wasn’t going to be something I was proud of.
So I briefly considered writing a PKF novel. But The PKF didn’t really work as a novel. It wasn’t that it was too long, but it was too reliant on imagery that didn’t feel right as words on a page. That was when I decided that I would start The PKF as a comic…I just didn’t think I’d be drawing it. I enjoyed drawing, but wasn’t very proficient at it (still not…actually, haha).
But I put the book thing on a back burner, and always told myself that I would.
I’m twenty three now and I’ve been feeling the old itch. But this time it seems different, all encompassing. I can barely focus on the comic. But when I sit to write (comic or otherwise) it seems like I found the place I belong.
However, the books I started (two in the last six months) haven’t felt right. They’re…not as good as they should be…like I’m forcing it. One iscalled ‘Dragon Realm‘ (go figure) and another is called ‘My Demon‘ (working title…). Dragon Realm feels like I’m on the right track, but it was missing something, and I couldn’t find it. Demon? Well…as I wrote I realized that it was nothing but a shitty impersonation of Hunter.
So, I suddenly realized that I should write Hunter. I thought about it for a little while, then pushed the idea away. But it keeps coming back. Like it’s gnawing at the back of my skull, telling me that I’m a complete and total ASS for trying to keep Hunter penned up as a comic.
Some things are comics, The PKF will always be a comic. Always…unless I get a cartoon deal or something >_>…but Hunter? It’s a book. It always has been. I was just too stupid and enamored with the idea of comics to see it.
So I’m fixing my mistake. Hunter will become a book. And, god willing, it will become my first published work. So keep your fingers crossed for me.
I know I need it.
-Peace
