THE FIRST THING I remember is seeing Mum running into the kitchen, opening the drawer, taking out the longest, sharpest knife; the shimmer of the blade as it caught the light; and Mum storming out the front door and down the stairs brandishing it.
Thanks, Nevena. I'll be posting bits and pieces like this when they get written yep. Don't know if I'd go as far as to call it a serialisation, but there'll definitely be more trips down memory lane.
Nice to hear from you too, Maegan! Anything in the works? I'm guessing (full of hope) that you've not been posting because you're working on a bigger project that you don't want to give away for free right now, rather than you've just not been writing. 🤞🏻
I mean, I've had my spell of creative drought as well (a long one!!!) but I did manage to come out of it (I think) and finish a handful of stories. Some crummy, some decent.
After about stabbing my eyeballs out I was able to squeak one in for the Palahniuk Christmas Horror call (which I heard received thousands of submissions, so we'll see...).
But ya know, I've never been published so I'm trying to put my better stories out on submission and write more "better" stories and gather them for a collection. As for the crummy stories, I think what's the point of posting them on here if I think they are crummy?
This year I am entertaining the idea of a thriller novel. It's in progress with a June deadline for first draft. I aim to make myself do it and if it turns out, great, and if not, well, I'll at least have learned something in the process.
All in all I still love to write. Still hope to one day have an ah-ha moment. Maybe after a million words??
Figured it was something like that. Good luck on the thriller project, I hope it goes to plan. Feel free, by the way, to send me any stories, crummy or otherwise, to my email. They're always a great read. Ans keep us updated on the Chuck competition. Rooting for you!
I'm in a similar situation, although not the same. Got two projects on the go, that I'm trying to formulate into novellas, but I keep hitting brick walls. I work on one for a while, fall out of love with it, switch all my attention to the other, fall out of love with it, and repeat the cycle. Although one of them I just can't seem to get anywhere with it past what I consider to be a pretty strong opening. The solution's not coming to me. I don't think it helps that the books I read tend to be masterpieces, classics, rather than regular contemporary fiction. All I'm doing is exposing myself to a standard of storytelling that I could never even get close to. I recently finished reading The Joke by Milan Kundera. Dunno if you've read it. Man, it's been three weeks since I finished it and it's been on my mind every single day since. It's just so good, at least to my tastes, so moving, so emotionally powerful, and I have to face the reality that I can't do that, even though it's what I want to be able to do so badly, I just can't. Anyway...
Wow that was so creepy I thought it was a fiction story! Will you serialise it?
Thanks, Nevena. I'll be posting bits and pieces like this when they get written yep. Don't know if I'd go as far as to call it a serialisation, but there'll definitely be more trips down memory lane.
Nice to see you, Kris! I've been off here mostly as well but I pop in now and then.
Nice to hear from you too, Maegan! Anything in the works? I'm guessing (full of hope) that you've not been posting because you're working on a bigger project that you don't want to give away for free right now, rather than you've just not been writing. 🤞🏻
I mean, I've had my spell of creative drought as well (a long one!!!) but I did manage to come out of it (I think) and finish a handful of stories. Some crummy, some decent.
After about stabbing my eyeballs out I was able to squeak one in for the Palahniuk Christmas Horror call (which I heard received thousands of submissions, so we'll see...).
But ya know, I've never been published so I'm trying to put my better stories out on submission and write more "better" stories and gather them for a collection. As for the crummy stories, I think what's the point of posting them on here if I think they are crummy?
This year I am entertaining the idea of a thriller novel. It's in progress with a June deadline for first draft. I aim to make myself do it and if it turns out, great, and if not, well, I'll at least have learned something in the process.
All in all I still love to write. Still hope to one day have an ah-ha moment. Maybe after a million words??
Are you still at the same address?
Figured it was something like that. Good luck on the thriller project, I hope it goes to plan. Feel free, by the way, to send me any stories, crummy or otherwise, to my email. They're always a great read. Ans keep us updated on the Chuck competition. Rooting for you!
I'm in a similar situation, although not the same. Got two projects on the go, that I'm trying to formulate into novellas, but I keep hitting brick walls. I work on one for a while, fall out of love with it, switch all my attention to the other, fall out of love with it, and repeat the cycle. Although one of them I just can't seem to get anywhere with it past what I consider to be a pretty strong opening. The solution's not coming to me. I don't think it helps that the books I read tend to be masterpieces, classics, rather than regular contemporary fiction. All I'm doing is exposing myself to a standard of storytelling that I could never even get close to. I recently finished reading The Joke by Milan Kundera. Dunno if you've read it. Man, it's been three weeks since I finished it and it's been on my mind every single day since. It's just so good, at least to my tastes, so moving, so emotionally powerful, and I have to face the reality that I can't do that, even though it's what I want to be able to do so badly, I just can't. Anyway...
Yep, still at the same address :)
Great to have you back! Happy 2025 and love the post - as always.
Thanks Jennifer! Happy 2025 to you and yours, too!