Gopple Added to the Short Story Section

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Sep 28, 2013 in Edited Short Story | Fiction, New Short Story | Fiction, Short Story | 0 comments

I wanted to bring this to everyone as soon as possible.  My editor, she is a great and wonderful person, has a given me her critiques.  Once I got the email, I edited the piece in my car and posted it on the website.  My battery is dying from this impromptu editing session, but it is ready for the public.  To those that helped with comments, I appreciate your friendship and honesty more than anything (in that order).  Thank you for being there and helping me as I grow and develop.  Now, enough of the sappy stuff.  Enjoy the newest piece!

Gopple | Fiction | 3864 | September 22, 2013

Faith and Gopple

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Sep 25, 2013 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

Faith and Gopple are my new short stories.  They are completed but unedited.  I am hoping to have these two posted within the week.  Faith was written first, it had been on the docket for roughly a month.  It was completed on: September 21, 2013.  Gopple, was started that night and finished on: September 22, 2013.

Some individuals have read Gopple, and I have received mixed reviews.  It fascinates me that a piece can invoke many different emotions from many different personalities.  What some find is dark, others see as a necessity.  Who knows, I love criticism and it is great to hear how people interpret each piece.

If you have comments, drop me an email with your feelings.  I love to learn about the different people that populate our planet.

Hope | Fiction | 3723 | August 23, 2013

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Aug 24, 2013 in Blog Posts, New Short Story | Fiction, Short Story | 0 comments

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.”

The Bohr’s Protocol

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Jun 3, 2013 in New Short Story | Fiction, Short Story | 0 comments

One of my close friends wanted to read the short story before publication to provide notes, and I withheld the publication until now because of their willingness to assist me.  There will eventually be a new version with minor edits after they have a chance to edit their draft.  Until then enjoy, and I apologize for the wait!

The Bohr’s Protocol | Fiction | 8344 | A confused group of explorers are faced with a difficult decision.

Excerpt:

A yellow blinking light above a glass enclosure turned solid green as the pressurized air was released.  It produced a short echo on the bridge of the Bohr transport craft.  The chamber opened and revealed a naked man.  As his eye lids twitched tiny fibers were wound around his exposed flesh by thousands of nozzles.  The metallic spigots hissing as fabric flew out at incredible speeds.  He reacted because of his training, and before any thoughts entered his mind, extended his arms.  Soon they were covered in a green fabric interwoven with white tubes leading towards his heart.  His voice box was rusty and could only release a light grown.­

Soon…

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on May 14, 2013 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

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.

State of My Website and Work

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on May 1, 2013 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

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.

The Verification System is Down

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Apr 22, 2013 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

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.