Have you ever seen those movies or TV shows where the man who has everything sits down, spreads himself out across the couch, crosses his legs on the coffee table, breathes a contented sigh and goes, “This is the life.” And then shortly thereafter, he realizes there’s something missing.
In my years writing, I’ve gone through several writing sites to share my fiction. To name the ones I remember, there’s Writing.com, Writer’s Cafe, Storywrite, Jabber Tale, Fiction Press, and even FanFiction.net. All of these sites have their pros and cons, most of which boil down to the fact that you have to sift through a bunch of crap to get to the good stuff. But they all suggest that you offer to go read-for-read with other members. That is, they suggest you offer to read someone else’s story in exchange for reading your own. The problem there is that it’s easy to cheat this system.
So, I never thought this would happen to me. I’ve become addicted to an image sharing site. And I can tell you exactly how it can happen to you. Read more…
Sooo… I’m kinda veering slightly away from what I said I was doing before, but not entirely. I had a pretty cool premise to go with, so I bounced ideas around with a friend and fleshed it out a bit and decided to write up the beginning part. I don’t have everything planned out, but this is generally the background for the story.
As always, it’s not extremely polished as I just wrote it and it takes awhile to effectively edit something when you don’t have an editor… so it’s bound to not be perfect. Keep in mind that my standards are high, though. In other words, I’m not calling it crap.
ANYWAY YOU CAN READ IT HERE (It opens as a PDF online so it looks nice. Like it’s not on a blog or something).
For awhile now, I’ve been going through changes. Both good and bad. I hate to sound cliché, but I’ve had a rough year.
But one of the biggest hurdles I’ve had (and one I’ve not fully overcome) has been lack of motivation. I have so many things I want to do, and even more things I need to do, that I just don’t do. The only real groove I’ve gotten into keeping up with consistently has been cleaning – and that gets difficult when your roommate doesn’t help.
Ever wanted to read a story by GuitarShank? Of course you have! Unfortunately, you won’t be getting the work I’m most proud of, but you’ll at least get something new!
Head on over to the Projects page or just click the link below to read the first chapter! A quick warning though: This is first draft material (although it has been proofread to weed out most errors) and it’s a long read, at just over 5,000 words. Take breaks if you must. Hey, it’s not like I wrote it all in one sitting, after all.
I don’t know how to tackle this, exactly, but I’m gonna try, at least.
Grudges are not good. Take it from someone who’s been too far down that path a few too many times recently. Someone wronged me, and instead of being the bigger person (which my good sense told me to do) I launched an all-out offensive.
In the end, I was left with less friends and a bloody nose. I let it build from a feeling of inferiority, to betrayal at being lied to, to vindictiveness where I no longer cared about the outcome – or so I thought. Now, even in spite of the good things that followed, I regret my actions. I lost the best friend I’d ever had.
What this goes back to is what I said in the beginning: be the bigger person. All it takes is the sense to realize that you don’t have to let outside annoyances affect you. Maybe you could even talk sensibly to the person about how you feel, if they’re willing to listen; or you could simply ignore everything and move on with your life.
No, I’m not telling you to give up your humanity. I understand we are not designed to be objective automatons who respond to everything without some sort of feelings involved, and I understand that at times it gets to be too much and you just can’t keep it in any longer. What I’m saying is, the future depends on the present. Anything you do now can come back to bite you in the ass.
Besides, who has time for grudges when you’ve got your own life to worry about?
This month, I finished my second novel. I’m pretty excited about it, mainly because every time I look at my bookshelf now, I see both of my novels printed and bound side by side, and I can only be proud of the accomplishment. Read more…
This is a special month. As of this month, the Zelda Oracle games have been out for ten years. In celebration, I’ve changed my blog a little. Hope you like it.
