Chopping Away: Milkboy is Done!

What a busy week it was!

Monday found me up late, chatting with the hosts of the Canadian Politics is Boring podcast about Canada’s big election last week. (I came in at the 4:24:00 mark and chatted [mostly] about healthcare for about half an hour.)

Speaking of Canadians and podcasts, Michael Howie did a stellar interview with Tomm Moore, one of the directors of Oscar-nominated Wolfwalkers.

But What About Milkboy?

It was a busy week at work, with this coming week looking even busier. Which meant I wanted to get as much done on “Milkboy” as possible so I can release it on Saturday, October 2.

I’m happy to report it is finished! (Well, I still have to do the bloopers, but that doesn’t take very long.)

Because of some road construction in our area, we were pretty much locked in for the weekend…so I put it to good use and finished what might be the most involved story I’ve put together for Not About Lumberjacks.

Just Write!

The past handful of stories on Not About Lumberjacks were started with no endings.

I had no idea where I was going, but I started with the the challenge of releasing another episode.

It’s safe to say the last block of stories are among my favorites, and “Milkboy” is no exception.

I’ll be honest: I thought it would be a cute enough story, but kind of something not living up to recent episodes.

In its own way, “Milkboy” is one of the best things I’ve released on the site.

Yes, it’s beyond stupid, but it ended up going in directions I didn’t plan, and in the end it’s quite a heartfelt little tale.

I can’t wait to release it on Saturday.

Okay…I’m wiped out…so…time to sleep!