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I've been writing the serial Cemefaerie for six weeks or so, and it's about to hit its Part 1 finale. Chapter 9 just went live last night. If you want a dark fantasy set in gothic trappings trimmed with romance and mystery, I advise you to cross over now! Right this way, dear...
Finished.
The rough draft of Cemefaerie is complete. It took me about eleven months, and a lot of no-show clients at work, to finish. It will be available for a short time at Wattpad before I lock it up for further refinement. If you have the time to contribute to said refinement, you can find it here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/25625459-cemefaerie
Fireside chat.
For the longest time, I committed a cardinal sin of writing: I listened to other writers.
These writers advised a series of schools of thought, ranging from write what you know vs. write what you don't know, to just write for yourself, because if you don't like it, well by golly who's gonna? The latter of these two statements has always been my security blanket against the lack of immeasurable success every writer (shut up, yes you do) dreams of. By god, I wrote it, I liked it when it was done, and it's effing me, take it or leave it. And when the story doesn't catch as much air and flight as I'd hoped, who's to blame? Probably the pool of r
Letters.
I haven't written a physical letter in fourteen years. That sounds both improbable and perfectly illustrative of the many aspects of emotional personalization that we've readily sacrificed in the name of expediency. (This coming from a man who selects coffee shops based on the presence of a drive-thru.) Of course, when I say 'letter', I reference the pen-pal kind, not the stilted 'here's why you should hire me'/bragging robot resume cover letter kind.
I want to write a letter. I don't even have the slightest idea what I'd say, though. Perhaps I'd muse over something my son said or did. Maybe it would be rampant with politics, with big, bold
Cemefaerie
The Cemefaerie series has officially gone live--follow it here: http://www.wattpad.com/story/25625459-cemefaerie
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