Black River Falls
And so it begins. While I have enjoyed writing all of my life, I started taking it more seriously years ago. And, like any idiot, I started by trying to write a book. The story was good, but after a few chapters I realized the book was terrible. While I was a fair writer, I had no idea how to write a book. I was at least smart enough to realize that.
I had several options. I could have gone back to school and taken classes, but I didn’t have the time or money to do that. I could also study books on creative writing, but that seemed a lonely way to learn. After some deliberation, I decided to try fanfic. Several wonderful beta readers, many short stories, and three novel length fics later, I was much better at writing.
So I wrote a book. Ghost in the Park is a supernatural thriller complete in 72k-ish words. I’ve had two kind folks read it so far, and both reached a point where they could not put it down, so I must be doing something right. In fact, both complained that they stayed awake far too late reading it. There is no better compliment!
Now Ghost is busy trying to get a literary agent, and I thought it was time to start blogging. In this blog I will tell of my trials and tribulations in trying to get published, talk about my life, and share some of my short stories. Feel free to join me on my journey, which so far has been both entertaining and frustrating.
The pics on this blog are from my life. While I hope that you enjoy them, please do not re-publish without permission.
Congratulations! I’m one of those folks who was a lurker when I first read your fics. I’ve always enjoyed your writing, have read most of your stories several times, and was more than a little disappointed when it seemed like you weren’t in fandom anymore. Imagine my surprise today when I saw that you’d posted the final chapter of Madness on TPP. I’m so excited, and can’t wait to read through the whole thing again. But first I checked your Author Note on the last chapter, and then wanted to see what you were up to these days. While I’ll miss you on the sshg or ss/oc circuit, I’m eager to read your o-fics, and wish you all the best in publishing them!
So nice to see you here! I loved the time I spent sharing stories in the Potterverse, but book seven really took the heart out of it for me. Now I’m glad that I can share something else. I’ve really missed it!
Every time I get that idea about writing a book into my head I usually feel the same, after first few chapters it is all BS. I usually keep the pathetic attempts so I can read them later. I have found stories and poems years later and I think they are so great! Sometimes I am not sure if I wrote them, because I seem to forget everything I write. I am in the zone when I write so I can’t tell my writing apart from my thinking and I think so much that I just can’t remember all of it. Crazy. Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting! <3
It’s funny, having spoken to, and read posts by, quite a few writers, I have found that most writers seem a bit bipolar about their work. One moment we’ll think it is all awesome, and the next we’ll think everything we ever wrote sucks! I expect it is because writers get too close to their work not to be at least somewhat emotional about it. Thanks for stopping by! I enjoyed your first post!
I’m excited for you and looking forward to your success! Every writer who succeeds is an encouragement to others. Best wishes!
Thank you so much! I know it will take time and a whole lot of luck, but I’m going to give it my best shot!