I'm Writing a Boy's YA novel! (I'm scared)

    "So the Dead May Rest" is a book that I have been planning for so long my notes from being a DM are starting to get jealous. I have been wanting to write this same book for so long that it has become the scariest and most exciting project I have decided to do, yet I haven't even written the first page. I've talked about it before, but what scares me the most is that this is going to be a book that I wish I could've done better down the line. That thought alone made me realize something that I had yet to give any thought; what happens if the idea isn't all that great, and unless I write it I will never have another pet project?

    To be up front, this is the book that I have mentioned before that is my own special letter of adoration for all the things that I enjoy, whether they are played at a table or on a screen. My main goal is to write good characters that follow a neat plot, and allow the complexities come from the people involved. Honestly I think life is a lot like that since most things are as simple as getting from point a to point b it just gets messy in between. All of that is to say that this is something I have been sitting on and planned so many times that putting it off writing might just do more harm than good. This is one of those writer-ism that I see all the time, and was what caused me to write most of my Weird-Westerns. 

    Going back and reading those stories also made me understand my own tendencies as a writer. Some where more weird than Western and I realized that besides a singular odd animal in a certain story it was just a Western set in the same setting I had been using for so long. Looking back at the book I had once decided was ready to be released also made me realize that what was once was a darling needed it's own story, not to be coupled with an already bizarre mix of wizard-cowboys. That is why much of the content outside of talking about games and books is going to be mostly updates on how that novel is coming along. I will keep going back and looking at stories again and writing the odd story here and there, but I want a chance to say that I actually tried to write the book I wanted to at the beginning regardless of if it works out or not. 

    The main changes that I have made about the story is how it follows a younger protagonist who goes on a trip with is older brother who has been away for a really long time. Simple, except for the huge surprise that the mission to go explore the ruins of a long forgotten kingdom is actually cursed by a mysterious flame that burns in the castle. The people there cannot die, and the king has locked himself away for centuries. I can't wait to tell y'all more but I want to wait until I have more substance to share. Let me know in the comments about any kind of project y'all have wanted to do but never did. Can't wait to get started!