I started my second short story on June 21st. Over a period of five days I wrote only about 400 words. On June 26th I scrapped the story and started over. Two days later I’ve written nearly 4000 words and the first draft is complete. I’ve read many times that the hardest part of writing [...]
New Short Story
I really got moving on a new short story last night. As mentioned in my previous post I had outlined and done all my character sketches for this new story. Once I got started writing though it just wasn’t working. Last night I scrapped everything I had written thus far, only about 400 words and [...]
Moving right along…
Today I received word that judging had begun on the current quarter of the Writers of the Future contest. It is very exciting to think that a professional is reading my work with a critical eye. It is also very scary. Hopefully I don’t hear back anytime soon; that would mean what I wrote was, [...]
Father’s Day
I was awoken this morning by a shrill scream. No my house wasn’t on fire and there was no impending doom. My three month old son Aiden was just making his presence known. This is how I start pretty much every day now that he has arrived but I don’t mind. Usually after I take [...]
Just keep swiming…
So now that I’ve finished and submitted my short story for this quarter I’ve begun working on my novel again. I figured that it would be difficult to shift gears between the two projects and I wasn’t wrong. The short story that I’ve just completed is a fantasy story while the novel that I’m working [...]
My first completed work…
I finished my first short story recently and after the feedback of a few people I trust, I think it is probably ready for submission. I’ll be putting together my submission package over the next couple of days and get this puppy shipped out. I have read on several writer related websites and newsgroups that [...]
No one likes to lose…
I’m not the first, nor will I be the last, to say what I’m about to say but my anger over the issue needs an outlet. The democratic primary has become a circus. At the outset all of the candidates agreed not to campaign in Michigan and Florida and that the delegates from those states [...]
More words about words…
So when I wrote my previous post about the English teacher that did so much to make me who I am today, I also emailed her letting her know just how much I appreciated her efforts. Well, today I received a response from her and it came with an unexpected surprise. She still has the [...]
Words about words…
In 1995 I was little more than a bump on a log. It was my junior year of high school and I was on my way to flunking out. I grew up in a household that didn’t exactly promote self confidence or the value of an education. As a result I rarely if ever spent [...]
