Yes I know poetry is hard for many. Heck some writers take a year to write one decent poem but well that isn’t how mine come out. Generally when I am in an emotional overload I will sit down with pen and paper and let it flow out of me. That was how Love, Loss and Loneliness came about. A lot of emotional bursts in free verse style.
But the people doing the Apocalypse anthology wanted to have some poetry to go with the short stories. Now I had submitted a short story and offered to do one for them. Took me a week to write it! No really a week for me is a long time in poetry. I’m not sure of it of course. I am never sure of my poetry but I sent it over. Hopefully it makes it into the anthology which submissions for is closing on Thursday.
The Fae poetry contest ended and I was not in the top three. Course again my poetry is short and to the point. The ones that one were more epic in style. Nothing wrong with that and people did like my little ode to the Fae.
Other contests I have entered seemed to have folded up. Which is too bad really. This is why I tend to put out my work on my own. While getting into a collection is supposed to help with your over all noticeability it seems that these stories get lost in the shuffle. I like being parts of writing groups since it helps with the creative process and you all know dear readers that I adore a good anthology. but if they never get put out who will read these children of my mind?
The past few days I have been doing a major edit/rewrite to Revenge. While it is much better than Endings was it needs the work. some of the sentences just do not flow the way I feel they should. I am hoping to get it done this coming week. With my hubby’s hours being shifted I will be doing a lot of writing in the evening. Now that doesn’t always work for me. I tend to write in the morning while he is working and the kid is at school. We will see what happens.
The free offer on Smashwords for both Endings and Fall Into Nightmares is still going. Nightmares freebie will expire on Valentines day. Endings goes on till the 25th. I haven’t decided if I will do a one day free offer on Love, Loss and loneliness on Valentine’s day yet. I have made a single sale on that poetry collection and I hope to see a few more. While it may not be all sweetness and light it is definitely a look into a heart and good for that day.
In other works I have a good idea how to finish up If Shadows Could Speak. That tale is I would say three quarters finished. That will be either number six or seven in the Death Walks Through series. I have gotten a bit stuck on Death Comes Softly, which is the piece I had planned as the sixth story. The either will be No More the Smiles. After that I will probably take them all and put them together in a paperback. Not sure how many pages it will be but if it isn’t enough I will have to dig around for new ideas.
The other series are on hold for a little bit. I have ideas waiting to be sprung out of my folder of starts but I really need to work on the longer stories. The sequel to Nightmares, Destiny’s tale and Traveler all need to be worked on and hopefully completed by the end of this year. If I keep up a steady pace of writing I should get them all done. Too bad I have a number of books to read and review. They are so very distracting..and worth it!
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