Hello there.
There you are! It’s been some time since you and I had a talk like this, y’knowwhatImean? The last time I left a “From the Author” on something I wrote was two years ago, and while some would continue to disparage me for doing this, I (as always!) don't care.
This is strictly between you and me, after all.
I’ve been happily married, and I still am. I clear every obstacle set before me, yet I still haven’t achieved the success I want.
It’s not about the money, or fame, or social media havoc I am just WAITING (SHITTING/PISSING/DROOLING/VOMITING SHIRTLESS IN THE RAIN LIKE A REAL LIGHTSKIN OG) to unleash, but rather, just knowing that you…You…are there.
That you are reading. That you are receiving my content. That you are absorbing and consuming what Art I am making, no matter the Media/Setting, because…well, that’s just the thing about it, isn’t it?
Art only exists when the Audience consumes what the Artist makes.
I'm entering a brand new era of The Work, one I hope you will enjoy. Even if you don’t, as long as you recognize that it’s there, that I am here…well.
Then I will have achieved what I wanted all along.
Someday the Extreme Existence multiverse will come to an end. Someday the ending I foresee will come to pass. However, The Work…I don’t think that will ever end, really. It may have a satisfying close someday, and I might retire at some point or pass the overviews and skeletal structures/chapter overviews to other artists, but for now?
I am still the Author of the Things.
I am still Master of The Work, even as it controls me utterly and pushes me to greater and greater heights.
I have degrees now. I am a lettered scholar now. I am certified in several fields now.
Going over the Past and Future page information, denying what I once thought was cool (including one overview that was a single word, like…what the fuck, younger me?!), accepting what I still think is cool, all that jazz has really shown me a roadmap for my life.
No matter if a project is on the back burner for any myriad of reasons (lack of resources, network, ability, technology, organizational structure, etc.), I'll still get to it eventually. I haven’t even touched the Radio Drama concepts I’ve written down, but they're more or less connected to other works and projects, such as Anubis Unit.
You'll see more from me. You'll hear more from me.
I can only hope you stay. I genuinely hope you enjoy and appreciate my obsession with completing my projects, hitting that Publish button, and getting them out there. Hell, I hope you’ll enjoy my upcoming Gold editions of Killer 13, [ - ], and The Generalist!
It’s time I started getting The Work out there again. It’s time to drag the Multiverse into the Modern Era, even if my private group doesn’t finish Neo-Tokyo Unit 13: Part 2.
It’s time to get this shit going, only this time?
You’re there, more than ever. All of you, but You especially.
I’m open to collaboration. I’m open to success. I’m open to being wrong if proven wrong. I am open to survival.
We’re gonna get these fuckin’ apples. Metaphorically speaking!
So. That’s it. That’s enough, for now.
It’s time we moved forward and do what we do. As always, we get it done.
#GetTheJobDone
#ProficeOpus
~Thomas Duder, Author of the Things
P.S. – If you see my real goddamn name and Power Word, then shhhhhh. Shut. Shut the fuck up. No you didn’t. Be cool, lemme know if you saw it somewhere, then forget you ever fucking saw it. D:<
Fucking new Internet 3.0 or whatever the fuck era we’re in now, godammit….