Opinions Please

Some time ago I had the notion of putting a little feature in my book revision for women.  Sort of a playbook on the way guys think.  That's sadly fallen by the wayside in some respects, but I was wondering if I should still put that in or not.  And then I had another notion.  In light of recent events politically I was wondering if I should write something politicial too.  So that's it.  Let me know what you think.  Should I write both, only write one, or what?  Hit me up here, on twitter, or drop me a line at stevendumas24@hotmail.com  Thanks folks.

Yeah....

I have nothing new today.  I keep second guessing myself a lot.  There's a couple of idea I have but I just feel like they've been done to death.  Everytime I think of something I don't feel like it'll be a good story to tell even though, it seems very appealing at the time.  But for some reason I'm still trying anyway. 

And to top it off, with recent political happenings going on, I've become even more adamant to writing something with political meat to it.  So...it looks like I might have to be push back publishing a bit to be able to read the history and political theory books I should be looking at.  I keep changing my plans all the time...oh well.  That's the way it goes.  Stay tuned.

Writing Sucks Today

Today was not a good day for writing.  I'll save you the details and simple say, everything I've been trying to do today has been a complete and utter waste of time it seems.  I have no idea what to do with some of this stuff.  I've already got rid of some story ideas in favor of others, and then find out those aren't really working out the way I want either.  Oh bother. 

I guess I shouldn't complain too much.  I've got some good material I can still use for some things, so that's what I'll be working with from now on I think.  I'm contemplating writing two mystery short stories now, so maybe that'll help get me out of the funk.  And as usual I have to somewhat vague about it, because I don't want to give anything away.  So...I guess I'm done griping now.

Second Book!

So...today I'm looking at doing two books.  I'm still working on the original revision I was doing, but instead of adding one of the stories I had intended to include with the revision, I've decided to expand the story into a whole other book.  I was hoping to have all my research done for the revision, but with a second book, I'm probably looking at another 3 or 4 thousand pages of research reading I'd have to do.  I guess that's not a big deal, I was just hoping to be done with all of my reading soon.  Oh well carpe diem or something.  Anyhoo, that's the new plan.  Unless I change it again.  I was thinking the overall intergrity of this new story might be diminished if I don't give it its own forum.  And on the plus side, I can tell women I wrote two books...

New Direction I Suppose

Had to blow up another story.  Its not the greatest feeling in the world.  I'm going to tweak parts of a story I've had in my head for the last 20 years, and interject it with parts of another story from 15 years ago.  This should come great.  I think.

Hi

Today I lunch I managed to deduce an intersting opening to my war story.  The villian is apparently the focus for this one, much more than the hero is.  That's a bit different than maybe most stories, or novels go, but I think its the right thing to do here.  Its possible he might the more intriguing of the characters anyhow, even if he is evil and stuff.  It should be a particularly daunting task, as I've got to make him interesting to the reader, but at that same time, make that reader hate this guy's guts.  I also have to work on the hero for this too.  I am really up on the creek, because I have no idea what his name is, or what he's like.  I guess its not that big of a deal, I have some ideas on what kind of character he should be too, but I should really try to have more of this stuff done before I start writing maybe.

I Have No Idea What Day It Is Again.

Is today Tuesday?  I'm going to act like it is.  I just found I passed 1,000 views on this goofy little blog.  That's right somebody out there likes me.  Hopefully it's mostly women, because lets be honest, I like girls.  Moving on...I started writing one the last stories for the book today at lunch.  This is the World War II story, I've had in the back of my mind since the mid-90s or so.  Its tough to find the balance of plausibility and adventure, I'm not the best at military fiction, and I worry about doing a disservice either to the military or to the very serious and on the other hand, its a great setting for a fun story.   I probably brought that up before too, but too bad, I already typed it, and I don't feel like going back and erasing it.  And so another day or writing is in the record books.  Alright, I'm off to do something else now.  Have fun boys and girls.

Happy Father's Day N' Stuff

Happy Father's Day to all the days out there.  My Father's Day gift to myself will be to work on my writing.  Good times.  I'm at a point where I've started transferring my handwritten first draft into a typed second draft.  These second drafts will be the ones that go to get edited after I've done my first sort of edit on my own.  I also have to come up with a few more characters.  There's a handful of characters I still need to come up with names for, so I'll try to be doing that today.  For some reason that's tough for me, I have no idea why.  The thing is most of the names are just that, everyday names people use.  One of them is a bit...unusual to say the least, and that's what I've got to figure out, what's a good name for this unusual guy.  Anyhoo, that's how I'll be spending my afternoon.  Have fun with yours kids. 

Good News, Bad News

The good news is I've been making good progress this week with my writing.  I'm trying to integrate a few pieces here and there, but overall its moving really really well.  The bad news is my computer is super slow, and has went to a blue screen with some writing about a a data dump or some such nonsense and then reboots itself.  This is gonna be a real problem, as I have no money to fix it, and no money for a new laptop.  I got some viruses somewhere along the way, and now I'm worried I'll lose my work.  If it shuts off on me.  Oy.  I'll figure something out I hope.  I usually do.

One More Story. Maybe. If I Can Come With Something Good Which I'm Not Sure I Will

So.  I'm still plugging away, and have in the last couple of weeks have been hit with a couple of good ideas to work into some stories.  And I'm trying to maybe include one more story.  The size of the book itself probably wouldn't change much.  Instead of maybe 6 or 7 stories, and a few side pieces of writing, it would go up to something like 8 stories, and probably be another 20 or 25 pages extra.  I'm really adamant about making this book sort of my mark on the world, and I want to leave as much of myself on these pages as I can.  I've said that before, but I'm really trying to beat this into my head, that its my chance to voice myself to the world. 

Crap, there I go getting all touchy/feely on things.  Alright so the Kings won the title tonight.  That's the LA Kings not the Sacramento Kings.  I used to be somewhat into hockey, but I'm just a bandwagon fan since they made it this far.  I haven't been watching sports really too much anymore.  Sad times.  I guess I've been consumed with work, and life in general, it just seems like time is going by faster and faster now. 

I'm looking for a new job, maybe even move if I have to.  Just not sure what to do or anything yet.  I've been looking somewhat, probably not enough I know, but I guess I've made a little effort.  Wait, why am I telling you all this?

Anyhoo, I'm still here and writing, and not going away anytime soon.

Writing the Ship, and Righting the Ship

Life really sucks, but I made some real progress on my last story.  It was odd because I wasn't sure I was even going to do any writing today at all.  The part I'm on is sort of an experiment, it tough to explain somewhat as I'm trying to get a little metaphyiscal in it.  This was the high point of day, and kept me from some those crappy personal problems, I ramble about on occasion.  One day this silly little existence I have maybe will work itself out.  So that's it I guess.  Sorry, I don't have more to report, but its late, and I was hoping to try get some done tonight.  So I'm gonna go now, because I'm getting sleepy and need to go hit on more girls on twitter. 

Royalties and My Eventually Plans For World Domination, and Thanks

I think it was on Friday that I discovered I had $1.26 coming to me in the form of a royalty for my e-book.  And while I've had a few people tell me they bought it, this is first record I've seen on any transactions.  With an eventual check coming to me this will make me an official paid author.  That's right, I'm actually getting paid for it now!  (Insert evil laughter).  That's kind of amazing in its own little way, and this was certainly the happiest I've ever been over $1.26.  Hopefully this'll start of trend of my being able to dupe more suckers into buying my silly writings.  Hmm...I guess I shouldn't have said that last part aloud... 

In all seriousness, its been a lifetime dream for me to be a writer, and even as a crappy one, its nice to see that dream make into reality.  So thanks to you people, because whether or not you bought it, you are seeing my writing on here too, and I appreciate that immensely.  I'm hoping one day to be even more successful with this endeavor, and I hope you'll stick around to see what happens.