31Dec15 end of days

Fuckin 2015 baby; out the door!

So damn fast

Faster the older you get.

Shit gets so clear as time goes. All the good you could've/ should've done?

God knows your heart

He's already judged.

"Already judged." There's freedom in that statement; Clarity.   Your hell, or heaven is already ready.

Good or bad behavior from this point on is a non factor. Im free, already damned or blessed.

I have tried getting my work out there via the social network. I am a failure. 

I refuse to share. 

Not sure why that is. I used to love talking to others. Now I read other pages both social and professional and find both boring and self promoting. unless I have a personal connection to them I just shake my head moving on.

Clearly they feel the same about mine. Lol

It's safe to say I'm a failure with this brand of social interacting. (Smile)

That's ok. I know what I am.

21Dec15 Xmas damn near here.

Well, it is.

I have to confess the spirit is lacking this year. I think the older I get the less I'm open to it for some stupid reason. Probably my general cynicism amplified by gray rainy skies and old age (smile).

I exaggerate. I'm in a good place. I'm still writing which is always the main thing and still physically active though it's fallen off some due to the holiday routine of the others occupying the house.

Hang the Hunter keeps expanding as I layer in more detail. I am still working on breaking my habit of saying more with less. I realize the reader needs a little more color, a little more patience from me.

Chipped at the "found while dreaming" story too for the first time in a month. Wanted to dive back into it but have to stick with Hang. I really must, finish what I start.

Speaking of starts, schools about three weeks away. I've already started reading "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad. Part of me hates that I'm back reading stuff that they want instead of what I want but nobody's fault but mine.

14Dec15 update

Finally got my classes in. Let's hope there are no problems with the financial aid. The process was stressful, part of a bad day in general. You know how you wake up and one little thing after another goes wrong?

Didn't get the classes I wanted because I registered too late. I looked around for someone to blame but knew who the ass was. Now I'm stuck with three reading classes. 

African writing and how it's changed, the novel as a genre, and fiction writing at the turn of the century and how it was affected by culture, environment,ectera. All heavy reading, all requiring two, ten to fifteen page papers with bibliographies.

I'm a notoriously slow reader, I hope having read some of the material helps.

No writing classes. They're reserved for the true writing students.

I'll muddle through. I like reading and writing papers, while not fiction is still writing.

review of 'The Exterminators Pt2" by ludikristo on Critique Circle

It was the second chapter in a book and takes place during a training mission for several young magicians. It's an urban fantasy set in Boston for the chapter available to me.

I think the writer has a good idea of his characters and where he wants to go with them. The descriptions are detailed enough and he actually has a story to tell instead of the crap I read before this that was mainly a racist rant masquerading as a story.

He mostly suffers from the new writers disease. It's when you fail to see the need for either editing or rewriting. You think every word you write is perfect even with the spelling errors and redundancy of names and "ands" and "hads"

I assured him we've all been there and expect good things from him in the future.

It's a hard thing reviewing others work. You have to be careful not to make their stuff yours, in the sense that your criticism forces your style on to them.

I mainly stress flow and brevity.

I'll be doing many more hopefully with more detail.

28nov15

Still moving foreward. Spent all day editing Hang the Hunter and still writing everyday. I'm focusing hard on adding detail and color without clutter. Read an article about short stories making a comeback and found it inspirational. Longer works feel like too much right now. Frankly the boredom factor sets in long before I reach the two hundred |three hundred range. I believe it'll get better but this is now. 

I continue to update "found while dreaming." Even if it's just a line or two as it will be my main project after this last rewrite of Hang.

My plan for the "I write too" page is to read other people's work on Critque circle and wattpad and offer criticism, then place links o their work on the page. Hopefully they'll return the favor and I can gain some traction.

Still on the path...

18Nov15

Still writing which is I know, redundant but I need to reinforce.

The outline for "found while Sleeping" is going well and I'm back to proofreading Hang the Hunter again. Feeling productive even if a little down.

12nov15 updates

First and foremost still writing. Albeit all over the place.

I work on the theory "finish what you start!" But lately I find "you have to know when to get off the path." A more appropriate adage. 

Sticking with some stories is like chipping at a rock. I know; the next story is always more exciting than the one you're on and that's true. Still, refer to the rock analogy. I think now as long as I'm  productive...

So... I ve shelved the idea of Hang the hunter as a novel returning instead to the short story concept. I've rewritten the first part again, will post it soon and have the first draft of the sequel "Rachael's Tale" It needs a major rewrite though. I'm changing the pov but know where it's going and that's half the battle. The process is time consuming but I don't mind. My attention to detail is better lately. In the past I've noticed a lack of patience in my work. I chalk this up to years of television watching. It makes me want to get right to the heart of things while neglecting the scenery but as I said, getting better.

I started a Facebook page for writing and reviewing work but it's way more time consuming than I thought. Another problem is I'm not all that social even though I  like people in general. My friends are special to me and welcoming strangers in is hard since I've gotten older. I have to find a way to resolve this because I need to get me out there, that can only happen by reaching out.