Sometimes it Just Works

Been somewhat busy since my last post here, but I haven't forgotten. I know I warned the Internet (is that really possible? To warn the Internet?) that I may lose interest in this blog, but I haven't yet. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say the blog has lost interest in me! I'm a boring person.
Since the last post though, I have completed my first editing pass of The Death of Heroes. I have to say, my favorite part of writing a short story is how quick it is to edit! Did the entire pass in just one day. It won't be the last pass, but still, I'm use to writing stories the length of novels. Also, I spent about three hours to make this:

The original image is actually larger much larger than that, both in resolution and what it shows (but what's cropped out isn't interesting). Personally, I really like the cover in part because I am not a good artist. Really, I am amazed that I was able to make it as good as I did. (No, it isn't great, but it isn't as bad as I would expect my skills to produce.) It probably helped that I knew what I wanted, so I guess it just goes to show you that sometimes, it just works. (See how I worked the title of this post in there? Yeah, it makes sense now.)
Oh, I also have started another short story; or restarted, depending on your viewpoint. No, I have not finished The Death of Heroes (there are still more editing passes and such to do before it is truly finished) but I wanted to get started on this other, more typical story to give me a break. Sometimes taking a step back helps, and that's what this other story, Professional Witness, is doing for me.
Some quick information on Professional Witness. I originally had the idea about, oh, two years ago I think. Around the same time I thought of The Death of Heroes and like DoH (I don't feel like writing it out again) I had originally written done some content for it back then. However, this time most of it I had to get rid of. (DoH I was able to use essentially everything I had written earlier.)
The premise to Professional Witness is more in line with typical science fiction (at least when compared to Sci-FU), and while it will be a surprise within the story, I don't mind sharing what it is. The main character is part of a group that travels back in time to right 'minor' wrongs however they can. Falsely convicted persons or guilty parties being released due to an error are the kind of thing they look for, but they have to be careful. They could not, say, go back in time and stop Jack The Ripper because that character has had such an impact on multiple cultures. The unnoticed crimes that don't make the news though, those are things they look at.
There is some more to it than that, but I don't want to spoil it all, and this post is already getting long. Well, I guess one more thing won't hurt. The members of that group call themselves professional witnesses, because they consider it their responsibility to reveal the truth.
Hopefully it won't be so long until my next post.