Thursday, June 3, 2010
I'm Published! but not quite the Novel.
Ok, Ok. I'll tell you. I've been avoiding this for a while because of some silly ,not good enough, foolishness. I was worried that no one would find this exciting except me. I have found, however, that people have have been very supportive of me and very excited. Well, here it is... Three short, short stories I've written were published in a compilation book of other short, short stories. You can find the book here.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Don't You Just Love Introductions?
Ok, hello potential readers! It is the funniest thing to me, to write to what I know is no one, and be expressive and interesting and witty. If you’re confused, then that makes two of us. I’m new to this and don’t expect to have readers of my blog for some time now. I just hope that as you all come you’ll enjoy.
Anyway, I started this blog as a way to keep anyone, who cares, up to speed on my novel writing and publishing progress. I have absolutely no idea how long this will take, but I’m hoping just over a year. I’ve read many books on writing novels and I have a lot of time to write while I’m at work, but that has done nothing to get words on the page. Oh yes, my job, I’m a security guard with Kellogg Company.
Yes, before you ask, it is the cereal people. Don’t worry; I’m no where near the production of Fruit Loops or the Apple Jacks. I would weigh waaaaay more than I do. I find, however, on my scheduled hours of work I’m able to do a significant amount of writing, which I do not take advantage of.
This is partly why I began this blog. I figure, if I have to be accountable to a blog about my process in writing a novel, I will have a better chance at getting it done. No one wants to write about sitting on their butt eating their second whole pizza of the day, wasting valuable time they could have been using for writing, right?
Here’s what I have so far. I have this idea for a book about brothers who discover a third brother on an annual trip to the south to visit their father and his relatives. It’s an homage to my own brothers Candido and Jonathan who, for years, I have been separated from. Their both alive and in relatively good health, but it’s a little complicated to talk about. So I think this story idea is a good one, and for once I feel I have an idea that will carry through an entire book. My idea is to map it out first, get a workable outline. I want to see what works for me. I don’t know if outlines will work, but I want to be prepared. It should be a lot of work, but it should be fun too, and hey, it’s my dream so I have to go for it.
SEE YOU IN BETWEEN THE SHEETS
Anyway, I started this blog as a way to keep anyone, who cares, up to speed on my novel writing and publishing progress. I have absolutely no idea how long this will take, but I’m hoping just over a year. I’ve read many books on writing novels and I have a lot of time to write while I’m at work, but that has done nothing to get words on the page. Oh yes, my job, I’m a security guard with Kellogg Company.
Yes, before you ask, it is the cereal people. Don’t worry; I’m no where near the production of Fruit Loops or the Apple Jacks. I would weigh waaaaay more than I do. I find, however, on my scheduled hours of work I’m able to do a significant amount of writing, which I do not take advantage of.
This is partly why I began this blog. I figure, if I have to be accountable to a blog about my process in writing a novel, I will have a better chance at getting it done. No one wants to write about sitting on their butt eating their second whole pizza of the day, wasting valuable time they could have been using for writing, right?
Here’s what I have so far. I have this idea for a book about brothers who discover a third brother on an annual trip to the south to visit their father and his relatives. It’s an homage to my own brothers Candido and Jonathan who, for years, I have been separated from. Their both alive and in relatively good health, but it’s a little complicated to talk about. So I think this story idea is a good one, and for once I feel I have an idea that will carry through an entire book. My idea is to map it out first, get a workable outline. I want to see what works for me. I don’t know if outlines will work, but I want to be prepared. It should be a lot of work, but it should be fun too, and hey, it’s my dream so I have to go for it.
SEE YOU IN BETWEEN THE SHEETS
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