I was going to post a poll, but I think I’ve worked it out for myself.
My right brain works like a food processor with no lid. Sure, stuff gets blended and the recipe is usually, eventually completed, but the kitchen is a mess. Or something like that. I’ve had difficulty following through and finishing anything since gremlins ate that early draft of From Scratch and I had to start over… from scratch. The latest shiny thing to grab and hold my creativity for longer than it takes to make these posts is a prequel to From Scratch. It’s its own thing independent of From Scratch; From Scratch is going to be retro-fitted to be the sequel. Eventually.
Now, I find myself distracted by my brain’s sword and sorcery rumblings and ramblings. Maybe I need to lay off the old school blogs for a while, eliminate the distraction. I could also reorganize the game shelf again… Hmmm… I would still have the problem of a co-worker who plays 3.5. We constantly get to chattering about this old module or that, what we think of Pathfinder, and on and on like that. I review my notes, go to work, get thoroughly and completely distracted, and come home thinking of sword and sorcery. Not the early to mid twentieth century, flying aces, and two-fisted troubleshooters; that’s what I really want to finish. For a change.
But, I get back here to the old keyboard and all I can think about is Moldvay-Cook versus BFRPG versus Labyrinth Lord. Old fantasy worlds I’ve tinkered with in the past keep churning around in my brain…
And, I need to set aside an hour or two a week just for my Wednesday game. I owe the players that. It isn’t that I’m not having fun, it’s that I’m just so goldurned easily distract… OOO! SHINY!
Addendum: Inspiration struck this past “workend” and I can’t wait to get back to the Wednesday Necessary Evil game!
