Fortunately, it's short, sweet, and you knew it complete, when you wore a younger man's clothes....'cuse me. Could I have a little mood lighting here? Just right here. Here. Not there. Here. Not over yonder down by the van next to the river, but here.
That's right (what, you thought I was going to bother you with three video links that touch upon that last paragraph?)
Anywho.
As I stated at the close of the last record...ummm...a post last week, I was working on a short story trilogy. I had the pic all picked out, but no title to be had, 'cause you know that's what I like. What's that? Pick you up at eight? And don't be late? Oooooooooooh man, you know what I like...heheheheh...
Anywho.
A short trilogy working on story Amazon for am I, and the issue I'm having is converting one of the three stories from the usual 3rd point of view (like 2/3 of the books out there), to a present tense of view (like 2/3 of this blog post for example). I'm very fortunate that this is the only story that needs editing, since the other two, Cedar Mountain and Red Stripe, were previously published at Beat To A Pulp and The Cynic Online Magazine, respectively, thus they need really no editing or tweaking to speak of.
The one curious thing about this story is that while I'm busy tightening/tweaking/converting, the word count is dropping in dribs and drabs. Previously at 7,905, it now sits about one hundred words less. Bad grammar is bad grammar, which equals poor sentence structure.
Anywho.
The plot of this story is a very weird day in the live of a wanna-be writer. Intertwined in the overall story is three snippets and three complete stories, so in essence, you're getting four stories for the price of one.
The plots of the other two are a bit more straightforward than that one. Cedar Mountain tells the story of the four stages of life in comparison the four seasons on the mountain. To be honest, it gained a lot of positive comments when it was published back in '09. Red Stripe tells the story of a punk-rock singer/classical guitar player called Krystal who plays with her band The Methadones (yes, blatant drug reference here).
So, that's the latest for my writing. The other project has been put to the side momentarily, as I try to get this anthology polished for Spring 2016. In the meantime, I would like to kick off a winter long contest. I need a title for my anthology, and I would like to use this pic for it.
Your mission, should you deem to undertake it, is to come up with a title based on both the pic and the three very short story descriptions. The winner gets an acknowledgement plus a pimping of your website (if you have one) in the book as well. Enter as many times as you like, 'cause this contest ends in mid-January. And don't worry, I'll mention it as often as I can.
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Hey, hey, hey, mister, that's our Toronto Blue Jays you're talkin' about!
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. I actually thought Toronto did very well this year. I'm a New York Met fan, and I was talking about the Washington Nationals. That team imploded so bad that their collapse will be talked about for years to come. They were the only other team to finish above .500 in the NL East this year.
DeleteTo me, an MVP should be a player who helps his team to the post season. Nothing more and noting less.
Written in the Fog
ReplyDeleteFalling in the Fog
Words to Die for
Music to sing for
Only read the above to think of these...
Interesting word combos. I'll definitely keep those in mind. Thanks for playing.
DeleteI've been trying to find time to submit a few things I've got but haven't been able to.
ReplyDeleteTime, or the lack thereof, is always a factor in doing things you want to do. I'm sure that eventually, you'll find a small window that will allow you to what you want to do.
DeleteIf you wanted to update your story you could re-name the band The OxyNEOs (it was introduced in 2012). ;-)
ReplyDeleteActually, the band name isn't the problem, but thanks for the suggestion. :D
DeleteLooking forward to reading!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Two of the stories were previously published, so the middle will be new.
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