
What's not to love?
That is, it feels pretty damn good.
Now, what am I talking about?
Sure, this is random and a bit premature considering that this blog was just opened today, or yesterday according to the wordpress calendar, but today, just a few minutes ago, I have, after a few months of work, finished the first draft of a first book. A first book that I wouldn’t be ashamed to actually have my name on, that is; in the past, like every author, I’ve written stuff, and like every author, I have plenty of skeletons in my closet in terms of writing. Stuff so bad that if people were to pick it up, I’d find myself sporting the pleasant shade of a tomato. Of course, at the time I wrote it, it wasn’t shaming, so this isn’t to say that a year from now I’ll look back and think that this is still my best work. A year from now, it probably won’t be. But hey, for now it is, and I live in the present. Why live if not in the moment?
Anyhow, I’d like to post it, but as I am an aspiring author, I won’t. I’ve learned from a handful of sources that if this even has a chance of ever getting published, posting it on the internet will squash those chances. Yes, I am cocky enough to believe that there is a high enough chance of eventual publication that I won’t risk my hopes here. I really doubt that anyone who has randomly bumped into this, or anyone even reading this, will give much of a damn anyway.
But, just to go on, it’s a retelling of that old classic story of a haunted mansion. Bloody history, murders and everything! Main character is a guy named Dante who is paid an exorbitant amount to investigate the place, but things don’t turn out quite the way they would seem. It turns into what just might be a one-way trip to Hell when he finds himself hunted by a demon that has made the mansion its home. And no, the one way trip to Hell bit was not a reference to Dante Alighieri and the “Divine Comedy.” …Or was it? A bit too intentional. Just for extra shits and giggles, Dante is aware of the fourth-wall, at least at the beginning and end of the book. Having too much fourth-wall awareness throughout the rest of the book seemed like it would make it seem a bit too comical and take away the dramatic tension.
All in all another successful ramble, huh? If any of you suffered through the first post, you’re probably calling it quits now, but for those of you who did manage to wade through both, thank you!
Good luck, I look forward to more blog posts and perhaps more cool pictures. Pretty hard to top smoking bears riding sharks though.
I have another aspiring author friend. Gwen. Take a look, give her a shout out.
http://gwenhernandez.wordpress.com/
I know! I hated to use that so soon and set such a high mark visually, but I’m sure there’s something else to be found that can somewhat compare. Thank you for the read, and I will check out your blog as well as hers!
First off, thanks for the comment on my story! I appreciate your comments, and I’ll look into the commas.
I don’t normally read horror, but anything that involves both demons and breaking the fourth wall sounds like a good read to me! Would posting an excerpt to entice us be too much? I totally understand not wanting to web-publish and hurt your chances at publishing it as a book.
Also, I ask this of every fellow writer I talk to: have you heard of and/or participated in NaNoWriMo? I highly recommend it if the answer is no. http://www.nanowrimo.org/
And that is an epic picture.
I just signed up for NaNoWriMo about a month ago, I appreciate the thought though, if I hadn’t heard of it, I would owe you a thousand thanks, and maybe a thousand more, just for good measure. Horror might be a bit of an overstatement, because I really don’t think the fear factor is much there, but it’s the closest I could think of; maybe suspense, but I would hate to tarnish the name and reputation of good suspense writers. I was actually considering an excerpt as well, but which bit to post eludes me; can’t be something to dull or something that swamps you with what’s going on. I’ll have to re-reread and decide which bits will work. Maybe a smörgåsbord of assorted bits would make the cut, like a greatest hits album. Just my thought.
And I appreciate the view and comment; I’m glad you liked the picture as much as me.
Best, Picture, Ever
Why thank you, good sir. I like to think so as well.
LOL! That picture is fantastic! A bear with a gun and a cigarette on top of a shark. That is just so hilarious. XD
Why thank you! I’m glad you think so!
😀 Thanks for visiting my Blog, It was important to have at least one comment, by the way I like the way you write, it is realistic and I know you’ll have something published soon, haha as everyone else around I loved that image…
I can only hope so! My fiction writing seems to fizzle out a bit, which can be irksome. Glad to be able to help you though! I know what it’s like to have no comments, pretty irritating. And hey, how can you not love that picture? Whoever made it must be a genius.