We all do it.

Anniversaries pass and we indulge.

Navals are gazed.

Options taken debated.

A score card, formal or otherwise, is created.

We judge what has been and we contemplate what may be.

Is there a cut off mandated by the passage of a specific period of time?

If those rejections pass a certain number is cease and desist the only option?

Our fist step was taken in 2009.

The world was a different place back then.

Aspirations were just to write a good opening line – nothing more.

From that we drafted a book, a tale we called Sisyphus’s Burden (and of this I’m proud).

This tale was only ever cathartic, and for that aim it most certainly was.

Then we had a debate around Goths and Steampunk and Amy Grace took shape.

Strange beginnings indeed for the saga that grew.

Amy, we thought had merit.

Amy, we polished beyond draft one.

Incarnations came, ideas went.

Amy, we offered to the world, and the world has thus far said NO.

Truthfully, objectively I still believe in Amy.

My joy at telling her tale remains.

Maybe it’s me.

Probably.

My applications poorly applied…

The fire still burns bright.

Deluded (or not) I will continue.

I only need ONE yes.

Stay safe and remain sane!