Back in Town

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Apr 18, 2013 in Blog Posts, Website Modifications | 0 comments

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.

Out of Town | No Technology

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Apr 12, 2013 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

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.

Clouds of Fire | Fiction

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Apr 11, 2013 in Edited Short Story | Fiction, New Short Story | Fiction | 0 comments

This is the first chapter from an old manuscript that I stopped working on because my writing was not capable of doing the book justice.  I did a brief editing session and was able to get the short story to a place were it can appear on my website.  The piece is short but enjoyable.

Clouds of Fire | 1128 | Fiction

Back in Town

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Apr 9, 2013 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

I forgot to mention that I was back in town.  There is nothing new in terms of short stories or updates to the website, at this time.  I will hopefully be able to put pen to paper for a short story I have been kicking around in my head, but I must catch up on school work for graduate school.

On a side note the contact form has been working and emails have been reaching me.  Sorry about the delays on responses but thank you for the comments.  It was nice to learn that people were able to send me messages.  I have responded to all of the emails I received.  If you haven’t received a response please try using the contact form again.  Also I have seen some registrations for the website and subscriptions appear.  Good to see some people trickling back in.

As always enjoy the lovely weather and play outside.  The internet will be here when you get back.  Print out one of my pieces and read it under a tree, that’s where I wrote a lot of them.

Out of Town

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Mar 28, 2013 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

I am driving to Jackson Fall’s in Shawnee National Forest for a rock climbing trip.  It has been sometime since I have been to the wonderful land of rock, trees, and streams.  I wont be reachable at this time and will be home on Sunday, March 31.  The contact form emails don’t go to my phone, this is to avoid spam, but I will check my email once I am back in town.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

Short Story Additions

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Mar 27, 2013 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

I have added short stories to the website.  It is important to note that these are lightly – I can’t stress this enough – edited pieces.  While I was creating the excerpts for these posts I noticed some writing that didn’t make me proud.  However, I think it is important to add these because they tack substance to the website.  Due to the fact that I am working on my manuscripts – these are more important that short stories – I haven’t had time to edit the pieces.

I use short stories as a way to keep my mind creative while editing pieces.  So enjoy them but understand that they are raw.  Between my MBA program and my other works I can’t dedicate too much time to the editing processes for short stories.  Otherwise, I would get nothing else done.  Nonetheless, enjoy my foray into some new and different styles of writing.

Proverbial White Whale | Fiction

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Mar 27, 2013 in New Short Story | Fiction, Short Story | 0 comments

A prisoner recounts the fateful events that led to his unfortunate situation.  He has been alone for a long time.  However, he finally has been given the gift of a friend.

Proverbial White Whale | Fiction

Excerpt:

Two years, that’s how long I had been stuck in my prison cell without anyone.  I was completely alone.  But, today was a great day.  A man appeared in the cell next to me.  I couldn’t believe it, because I finally had a friend.