2024 was rough. As of this writing, it still is but there is some silver lining. First, a quick backstory.

It started in June 2023 when the company I had a three year contract with ceased to exist. The video game industry also tanked, releasing thousands of highly skilled veteran writers into the field. With over 200 applications out there and with the exception of some gig work, I still can’t find a job 18 months later. Everything else that followed was a fallout from the lack of the income and it is significant.

Now for the silver lining.

2024 in Review

I had an acting gig that paid fairly well. Not enough for me to keep my car, but it was something that allowed us to put food on the table. An amazing friend came through and loaned us the money to prevent eviction. Moving next to a major city also opened up a visit to a free clinic to address physical and mental health . And in a clutch move, an old client of mine had me do some web work that afforded me the medication to stop my hypertension from killing me.

Among those medications is stuff for ADHD. The stress this year, combined with this condition, made development on Evindale nigh impossible. Still, I managed to get some really good work in and now that the meds have started to kick in, I’ve been non-stop for 48 hours.

Hope in 2025: Campaigns

I would love to have two campaigns in 2025: one vampire chronicle and one campaign set in the 7th Age of Evindale.

First, Philadelphia: the Crusade is a Sabbat campaign I started developing earlier in the year. It’s the story of a small group of individuals from their human life through to becoming veterans of the Gehenna War. For fans of Vampire: the Masquerade, the story provides the bridge between versions of the WoD, culminating in the 5th edition.

Back on the Evindale front, “Fragments”, and its prequel “Zero Rebels”, are designed to explore the notions of identity, loss, and revenge on a very personal level. Both stories are quite different, but their theme is shared with mine of 2024: despite adversity, you must stand up, know who you are, and fight those who would say otherwise.

I would love to get these off the ground.

Freaking Website

But first, this website has needed an overhaul. The old framework was too slow and removing it necessitated a complete rebuild. I had used AI art as placeholders and with a bump in confidence (but perhaps not yet the talent) gained through some illustration practice, the art to appear on the site but 100% have been created by humans, including yours truly. For the meantime, it’ll largely be a site with graphic design. If you’re an artist and want to help bring it to life, hey, reach out. Let’s work something out.

Looking Ahead

2025 is about reclamation and personal discovery to me. I typically communicate this through my stories. Lots of work ahead, but let’s see what happens.

Btw…

Btw, did I mention I created a new lineage for the WoE? A group of people who want to be recognized for their individuality despite the unfair reputation gained from the blood in their veins. If you happen to run a world with tieflings in it, these two would get along quite well though they don’t share hellish ancestry. I went a different route.