Hope | Fiction | 3723 | August 23, 2013
Good news everybody, I have found an editor that is a wonderful fit for me as a writer. Her credentials are phenomenal (university level professor and a Master’s from a top institution), she doesn’t pull her punches, and is willing to deal with my insatiable desire for personal growth. This is the first piece that has included her teachings from the very beginning. The Bohr’s Protocol was the first piece that she edited. However, that piece had already been added to the short story section and sent to magazines for publishing.
However, I bring: Hope. This is a piece that is different than my recent writing. As my editor stated, “If I read Hope and The Bohr’s Protocol, I wouldn’t have figured it was the same author.” Nonetheless, it is the same writer.
Hope | Fiction | 3723 | August 23, 2013
First Paragraph, I suggest you read the whole piece or it wont make sense:
I will never forget the day my son asked for my permission to buy a gun. Henri Bergson’s Time and Freewill was spread across my fingers. My thumb and index finger were holding the page open to my favorite quote. As my eyes darted across the page, an interruption alerted me to his presence. I was reading my favorite quote and seeking answers: “What makes hope such an intense pleasure is the fact that the future, which we dispose of to our liking, appears to us at the same time under a multitude of forms, equally attractive and equally possible. Even if the most coveted of these be-comes realized, it will be necessary to give up the others, and we shall have lost a great deal. The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.”
Read MoreSoon…
A quick post about the short story I promised. I will be posting the short story by this weekend come hell or high water. It is 16 pages single spaced in Microsoft Word, and I am working on the ending. That is all.
Read MoreState of My Website and Work
The website has come a long way since the downfall of the original implementation. What I learned through managing the original website, before it had to be deleted, has been implemented in this current install. The learning pains from the original instance have allowed me the ability to create a better website. Not to mention the ability to implement a forum for a future community. This community will be a writer’s paradise where anyone can post their work and receive constructive criticism. A place where authors can grow with protection from the heathens that reside on the internet. Administrators for the website will be authors and editors who understand the trials all others go through on their journey to publication.
Furthermore, I am still working on a piece: Harvesters. This is the working title. The piece is the one I begin down in Jackson Falls and is taking longer than expected. Currently the piece is 12 pages single spaced and wonderful. I am thoroughly enjoying this project, but I am having issues with my current work load from my Master program. Thus, I have to postpone this short story. The maximum time frame for the publishing to the website will be three weeks. Hopefully it will be posted by this weekend, but no matter what, it will be on my website in three weeks.
Obviously I continue to improve my book. Therefore, I am balancing my master’s program, short story writing, manuscript improvements, and social life. While the manuscript is complete in theory. I must continue to improve the piece as I grow as a writer. As a writer I grow every day. One day it will be in the hands of an agent or publisher, and I want to be proud of my creation. Thus, I still spend time working on Primo Capite and The Others.
Read MoreThe Verification System is Down
I received an email from Are You A Human stating that they are having server outages. This means that the verification system – PlayThru – will work intermittently. Therefore, the following services may not work: the contact form, comments (which are disabled anyway), and subscribing to the website.
Have a wonderful day.
Read MoreBack in Town
I am back in town and still working on the short story I promised everyone. I will be putting on the finishing touches soon. It is turning into a long piece, but I don’t want to condense the writing because something maybe lost.
Oh, and the trip was wonderful!
I also made some changes to the website: Manuscript section has text in it now, Primo Capite and The Others‘ has its own page, and a new page About the Website has been added.
Have a wonderful day.
Read MoreOut of Town | No Technology
I am leaving for a climbing trip this weekend. The place we are climbing at is in a forest and I will have limited reception. By limited I should say no reception or internet access for the next three days. Therefore, I will not respond to emails or phone calls this weekend. If this causes anyone any inconvenience, I apologize. When I return I will have a new short story for the website. There is something special about a forest, pen, and old journal.
Here is one of the formations that I want to climb before I die, it is called Hobo Cave:
Me standing at the bottom of Hobo Cave on a rock climbing trip from last year. The roof of the cave isn’t visible because we couldn’t get far enough back to frame the entire picture.