Short Story...ok

So is ornery really a word? I guess it is since it pops up in my Microsoft word program as one...isn't that a better source than Webster?



Even so I went home yesterday and told Nat I was in a bad mood, she smiled and said why. I told her because I have to work at work…I know poor baby right?.

Well today was no better. Here I sit and the only word that fits is ornery. Here it is late Thurs afternoon, I have to give a talk this Sunday and have no idea on how to approach it. I have tons of yard work and it is all wet and cold, I have a section of my latest story stuck in my head, and not sure how to fix it, I can’t seem to turn around at work without someone having a new personal problem that impacts the job and I am old and feeling it today…ok I fell better now, thanks for listening!



So since my last post I have adjusted just a bit. I do not always get the set amount of writing time but I am finding more of it.

I have decided to work out 2 short stories so i can enter them into a contest by June as well as submit one to the round of mags that might take it.

This has been fun revisiting old friends and updating very little as I go through the rereads.

I have toyed with an idea of a collection of short stories all centered around a main place or theme.

Much like the old "Thieves World" books.

In fact I remember working on a collaboration with others around the country way back in the late 80's when the main internet thing was Prodigy and we were excited to be able to connect with a 512k dial up modem.

Well on the short stories, contests and submissions.



Fun fun fun.

Start again

I am at the very end of Mr. Kings "On Writing". In this, as in all the other books on writing I have read, the number one reccomendation and the only thing they all have in common is: Read a lot, write a lot.
So where do I find the time to write daily(except Sundays I think)
I will start a new idea in the morning to see if it will work:
6-6:30 wake up breakfast
6:30-7:30 write
7:30 -8:15 study
8:15-8:45 shower dress family study
9-arrive at work and the bore begins.
Then at night, I will try to read when I can and write when I can (all depends on a very active 3 year old.

I know I can find time to read during the day, the best thing about my ebook reader is it goes everywhere.

Well, we will see how it goes this week...

Telling it like it is

I have read this before but I just got a copy of the audio from my local library. It is read by the author himself.

I just started listening to it this afternoon while shopping with my wife and Boo. One of the lines in the forward really cracked me up. I started to laugh in the middle of Old Navy and Nat said what's so funny. I had to make sure she knew it was what I was listening to and not what she was holding up to show me how cute a shirt was.
The line is simply, "One of the reason this book is so small is that most books written on this subject are full of Bullshit"
I have read many of those books and can not argue with Mr. King...why would I even try.