Hello everyone and welcome to…well, it’s actually been awhile. Welcome to all things Hellions and hopefully a return to form. 

I started writing online after seeing the first trailer for Cloverfield before the 2007 Transformers movie. All I wanted to do after seeing that trailer was explore the internet for answers, and then share what I learned with others. Which means I have been writing about such things for 18 years this year. Damn close to 20. Thousands of articles, hundreds of podcasts and YouTube videos, and a handful of published pieces. There were a few times I thought I was about to break through. 

Life happens and those events can and have affected the amount of time available to create. There is no need to dwell on those times. Those are the times where family, work, or self care is more important than getting out thoughts about a recent comic or the like. It’s the other times that I dwell on. 

Facebook brings up memories of what was posted on today’s date in the past. I said I wanted to be on social media less and write more a year ago. I was listening to one of my old podcast and an episode from four years ago included a moment in which I’m telling one of my friends that I need to be on social media less, and write more. 

I’ve been spending the last few weeks looking at how people I watch or listen to use their own social media. The vast majority share what they’re currently working on, and move on. If there is an extensive group of posts and replies it is usually planned and has a cap of an hour or so. These creators, at least in my mind, are not looking at their phones on a Monday and realizing they spent an average of 4 hours per day on those same phones with nothing to show for it. 

So maybe by putting these thoughts out there in public I can also get things done. My big goal is to write a comic. Just one issue and I would feel proud. 

If I do accomplish that goal, then what? Oh, this is not a short list. First is of course sticking with the important things and the responsibilities of life. My career, my son, paying bills, getting healthy. All of that too, but this post is about the writing. 

If I can write one comic, then another, and maybe a graphic novel. Maybe get noticed and write something for a big company. A character that my family has heard of. 

There are also things I did before that I would like to do again. I would love to interview wrestlers and comic creators and similar again. I would love to work a wrestling show again. I would like to make my name big enough I’m invited somewhere as a guest. 

None of this will happen today. None of it will happen immediately. And none of it will happen if I spend all of my time looking at what other people have done and no time making anything of my own for others to see. 

So welcome to the first of a new year and the first of many new words from me.