Love’s Warrior | Fiction
The Buseks are a rare breed of animal that has transcended the basic necessities which humans still crave. Their inalienable rights have been squandered and destroyed by our brethren. Or perhaps a distant relative to the human race that currently exists on this world, you be the judge.
Excerpt:
After sometime, Earth degraded into a festering cesspool of pollution and limited resources. For many economists and business majors had been taught a myth and that was the fixed pie analogy. A fixed pie states that there is a basic amount of capital to be gained. For example: if you produce more of a product, like a shoe. Eventually everyone will have shoes and you will be out of a job because no one needs that product anymore. The myth led to the workers despising industrial machinery that could work all day and all night, thus producing more shoes. Normally this is applied to human resources versus industrial resources. The thought was that as industrial resources improved human beings would be expendable. This would mean less people would have jobs. While this was a myth there was a fixed pie that did exist, natural resources.
Read MoreLiterary Game
One of my friends, a good friend, is also a writer. Neither of us share the same style or topics in our projects. Nonetheless, we embarked on a fun game that we designed over a skype session one day. Since he has moved from the area in order to get his Doctorate in Chemistry we only communicate over the phone or internet. Even with this limitation we created a game that challenged both of us to write in a pure form. I hope to share this exercise as I think it will benefit many people.
The Rules:
There are two stages: the first is topic creation and the second is the writing portion. Each one of the stages is 5 minutes. The first five minutes are used to create a topic for the other participant. The second five minutes is used to write a short story.
The Breakdown:
I choose a topic, in our last game I chose: “plants”. My friend chose: “Describe being on your porch drunk”.
He wrote about a person who was fed up with his neighbor and his unkept lawn. The confrontation led the neighbor to cut his grass but drove the lawn mower over gravel. This shot the gravel at the confrontational neighbors car and left dents and scratches. Moral of the story was be nice to your neighbors.
I wrote about being drunk on my porch from a third person standpoint. Describing the aftermath of a party.
On average our stories land between 50-200 words. I tried to break the 300 word barrier but was unable to, made it to 297.
The End Goal:
This isn’t an exercise in editing. Rather, it is a way to force yourself out of your comfort zone and work at an accelerated speed. After you complete the short piece you get the luxury of seeing where you did make mistakes. Perhaps you write the same word wrong multiple times. If that is the case you have made it visible. The second step is to correct the mistake.
For a real embarrassing factor we post these on Facebook for everyone to see.
Read MoreSubscription/Registration Systems Complete
I have added the subscription service to the website. This will give people the ability to notifications by email when new pieces are added to the website. There are two ways to subscribe to the website.
The first way is to register and select to receive notifications. After you register you can log in to the website and manage the categories that pertain to your personal tastes.
The second way to subscribe is by going to the subscription page and typing in your email address. There is a problem with this notification method. Firstly, you cannot choose what notifications you receive. Secondly, this method lacks reliability and you may not receive any emails. Lastly, it could send multiple emails for a single notification. I do not suggest this method.
Read MoreCategories for Subscriptions
Subscriptions are a great way for me to personally share specific pieces for different audiences. In order to help the people who read my stories I have begun creating a comprehensive categorization method for various interests. Normally, I don’t like categorizing my work, but I understand it is a necessity because not everyone will like what I write. When I turn on the subscription system all members who sign up for updates will choose the notifications they receive.
I suggest you, the reader, step out of your normal bounds and choose something you normally wouldn’t read. For example: Primo Capite and the Others is my manuscript that has a specific style. However, I don’t read that style as I am overwhelmed with writing and editing in that format. My current novel of choice is Cloud Atlas and I suggest it to anyone who takes the time to review this blog.
On a personal note let me suggest a great category – Short Story | Insane -. This was how someone described a piece after reading it (a perfect fit). I like disjunctive pieces and anti-climatic endings. Yet, these are things I put into a short story, but it is important to note that my short stories vary widely from my manuscripts. Thus, if you like my work on this website you may not like what I produce in a book, and vice versa.
So take some time and subscribe to the website. I will not abuse those that join but I will give them immediate updates when I produce something of worth.
Read MoreThe Current State of Affairs
Due to a previous installation of WordPress not being able to update I had to reinstall the main files and database. The short stories that were previously on the website are still saved in multiple locations and will be updated after I review them. I want to flesh out some of the topics and edit the grammar to fit my current style. These will not be major changes to the pieces but may result in better readability for my audience. Finally, because none of my backups were successful I cannot recreate the subscriber’s user base. I tried to find the original files by combing through the directories associated with the plugin, but they weren’t involved in the backup software I used. Thus, I am rebooting the website.
I wanted to thank you personally for following me, and understanding the current conundrum that has befallen the website.
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