Back – We Are
I am exhausted so this will be short. We are officially back online. The short story section has been completely remodeled and has a whole new section: Semi-New Short Stories. Inside of this section are 12 unreleased short stories for your reading pleasure. I will be doing features and write ups about each new piece over the next two weeks. So expect a couple of emails. I also have to find a blender to take a very specific picture for one of the short stories – Solutions – so you will notice there is a weird gap in the page. I apologize but I wanted to get this all up before I begin actually writing the sixth manuscript. Also, I need to update the manuscript page. I did delete links to further information on manuscripts as I don’t have much to add there. Either way, enjoy some new pieces and look for the featured emails that will be coming out soon!
Sincerely,
Theodore J Maestranzi
Read MoreAnother Chunk Down
Just finished laying out the Semi-New Short Story section and then populated it with information. At the time, I can’t find a graphic I need for one short story Solution; I haven’t eaten in nine hours, so I am taking a break. Once I have that graphic, that page will be done. I will be taking the site down sometime tonight to rework the landing page for short stories. I will have to get to manuscripts tomorrow, as I am exhausted right now and not sure if I will have much gas left.
Read MoreCrunching Along
The databases have been cleaned up so browsing should be faster for the next six months until I have to perform more routine maintenance – nothing like database spring cleaning to really knock you down into an exhausted state. After getting the rest of the short stories prepped for the website (I had a lot more than I imagined, and two are still pending at two separate magazines (therefore they won’t be on the site until I get the rejection letters)), I decided a cup of coffee and a run was in order to spike my energy levels. Threw in a mango and it looks like I should be able to lift a car and climb a mountain. Instead of using my wonderful spike in energy to throw a car and fulfill my life long dream of being called the hulk, I will be sitting at my desk pounding down lemon and mineral water and trying to get the entire site reorganized. I decided I will have to do the graphic work for the pieces later, I can’t switch from IT and web UI to Graphic Designer without going insane. Alright, time to build out the Semi-New Short Story page template and populate it! See you guys on the other side!
Read MoreI don’t remember that…
A very interesting issue is arising as I am going through my work to populate the website. During my experimental writing to try and hone in on having multiple narrators, I wrote a few different pieces… the issue is I don’t remember writing these pieces. I found three pieces that I know I wrote; I remember writing them, but I totally forgot about. Compare that with Gopple which is in the Old Work section, which I remember till this day and is a go to suggestion when someone wants to read my work – written in 2013 but still a go too for me. Luckily, I have started running into work that I was very passionate about, but those few pieces I didn’t remember scared me.
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