Addiction

I've been fortunate in my life to where I've never had to go to rehab. My late, older sister was the same way. My younger sister...well, over the last decade she's been in and out of rehab.

As a nurse. She can't stay there all the time.

 I think most people who know me would agree that if I do have an addiction to anything that requires an intervention, it's sugar.

I've always loved sweets, sugary things. I'm trying to cut back since my metabolism is finally starting to slow down and I'm trying to keep my waistline from getting out of control. I can still fit into clothes I wore from five to ten years ago and I get plenty of exercise at work and twice a week at the gym. Wait, why am I going about my health when I'm supposed to be talking about my newest addiction that occupies a large portion of my everday life?

I've become addicted to writing. Everyday I feel like I have to have my notebook on me and at least getting a few lines filled.

Right now I'm ahead of schedule for my goal of one comic script for month. I have one more to go and over 60 days to get it done. But I'm also trying to do a thirteenth story if I can.
However I told myself that considering how hard I've had to work this year, either working on making comics or at my actual job, maybe these last two stories should be shorter ones. Five pages at best.

Then something happened.

Marcelo Millicay was back at it again with his Bat-tober sketches. If you're unaware,      Bat-tober is where for every day in the month of October, you draw a Batman related picture for that specific day's theme. He's been doing it for years and it's basically how I discovered him.

Day 5-Hidden

Day 8-Plethora

Day 13-Joyful

He did a drawing (Which I'm not posting) several days ago and I don't know why but all of a sudden, it triggered something in me.

Story idea!

That's all it was, just an idea but that's how it starts. I'll try focusing on something else but in my mind I'll be thinking, Get out the notebook; jot this down!

Yesterday I was at one of my favorite coffeeshops, trying to think of something for what my twelfth (and final) script of the year could be...but my mind kept going back to the idea from earlier.

I decided to scratch the itch and just work on a page-by-page outline, figuring if I just did the first page, that would be enough.

I soon found myself with outlines for the first four pages

Now I'm debating whether I start this story's script or focus on the five-page stories and just save this one for the new year. I do think it could be pretty funny, it is a comedy after all but it all depends on how long I want to make it. I've already got an idea of how it'll end now, I just have to map out what's going to happen in between and how many pages this would require.

This is happening while I'm getting new pages from Marcelo for another comic we're making as well as another comic I'm making with Rory Chapman.

It's not the most glamorous addiction to have (I'm not one of those Ozempic addicted celebrities) but writing certainly isn't the worst one to have.