I know what you mean about inktober - I can rarely manage to find time to do 1 drawing/week, let alone daily! (Though I suppose it depends on the goal/how "finished" you want each piece to be...) I am definitely loving the Trial by Comics motivation though!
Also, it is the worst when you have an amazing idea for something, and then wait a while, and suddenly BAM someone else got it done first! It's actually really freaky how often that happens to us (hubby and I)... Makes me start to wonder on "multiple discovery". Maddening.
Your work is incredible! I hope you can find a way to continue, or to reuse characters in some way... I think you could really do something in the comic scene.