I’ve long had a problem with finishing my stories. Whether short stories or novels, I start out white hot, stumble into mediocrity, and eventually move on to something else that excites me. I think I’ve mostly overcome that now with concerted effort and setting my word goals last year. But it still rears it’s head…
After many submissions and equally as many rejections, I’ve decided to publish this story here. Enjoy! “His stories died when he did, and are burned to ash. No story can survive the owner’s ending,” his mother said. Monkton watched the stars above as smoke from the dead fire drifted around the clearing in the…
It happened last Saturday and I didn’t even realize it. It happened early in the day on what turned out to be a marathon writing morning of 3300 plus words. It happened on the day we were planning a party for a bunch of family members to celebrate my oldest son’s graduation from high school.…
Usually Monday’s are the crappy day of the week, but this week Tuesday decided to stand in for Monday since Monday was a holiday and, thus, enjoyable. Two rejections. Two. Both for short stories I had submitted, and one of them the aforementioned “Ricky Flies” story that they had liked initially, but on further review…
Spring came. It didn’t wait until the end of May, it came in April this year, with nice sunny days and many warm one as well. It’s taken a little vacation so its been cooler and a bit damp lately, but not so much its bothersome. Still, all in all it was a very nice…
A little 5,800 word short comedic fantasy story I wrote for one of the contests that the forum Fantasy Writers posts monthly on Reddit. EDIT: Voting is long over, so I removed that link. ˜ The Three “Haur, noo, Reggie, gie us ‘at story again.” Mouser rubbed his back as he rode stiffly on his…
Clearly I have been remiss in blogging. I am equally as remiss on twittering, or tweeting, or whatever you want to call the platform I will henceforth refer to as micro-chat. Seriously, how can anyone say anything useful in 140 characters? Most of the time I see people post, and post, and post again to…
Taking a pause from consuming vast quantities of food to consider the concept of literary fiction versus genre fiction, and shake my head sadly at the fools who continue to act as though there is a big difference and that literary is massively superior in some way. As it happened, someone decided to post on…
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep – Genesis 1:1-2 Every single writer plays god. Every single one. No, don’t point out the author of a high school Geometry book and tell…