Posted on 03/26/2007 1:15:39 AM PDT by Darkwolf377
BTW, I THINK I posted this in the right place, but if it comes up in News, please move it. Thanks. (I am one of those writers who never got comfortable with the computer and use it under protest.)
I've been a freelance writer for the past 25 years and have had many speeches and articles published. I have also written unpublished short stories, one-act plays and poetry. Just recently I launched a blog page which has really exercised my writing muscles--plus it's a lot of fun. Right now, I'm working on my first novel and the libretto for an original opera. Speech writing is still very exciting for me since I have the opportunity to influence my clients (high-level executives who speak in public) as well as their audiences.
BTW: My blog page is at www.give-n-go.blogspot.com
I have a novel out now--three more are being published within a year by Saga (Canada)...
Themes run from murder and environmentalism to history, a spiritual quest set in last century to alienation in a Georgia town. The one I'm proudest of is a literary examination of world war in 2027.
Currently I'm re-writing a story of how hearts are killed within society by selfish, lustful greed paralelled with actual killings by a serial killer.
Do my 25,668 posts here count?
I don;t have a problem with you posting this here or anywhere I can see it, for that matter.
I do have a problem with not giving titles, so that a reading junkie like me can fix on some reading with the "right" perspective...
(btw, THAT was a hint)
I used to - three bad novels, a mediocre one, and a fairly decent short story collection (written in that order!) I'm more into recording music, these days, but I'll probably return to writing at some point. It sounds like you are doing well...congratulations!
Only when I apply for a job and have to write a resume.
I gave my blog address and BamaAndy gave his isbn number.
What more do want?
I ordered your novel from Amazon and I'm looking forward to reading it. Not in any libraries here on Long Island.
I'm writing a "fiction" novel about the coming events regarding a US invasion of Syria, followed by an immediate attack of US forces in Iraq (due to the Iran-Syria Mutual Defense Pact), a global Jihad between Iran-Syria-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia-Indonesia-Malaysia-Russia-China-and other assorted jihadists/opportunists on one side, versus the US-UK-Australia-Eastern Europe-Scandinavia, and I don't know where to put the other gutless countries of the EU.
This will involve a mass terrorist attack at Chicago's O'Hare airport - with a release of a deadly man-made aerosol virus, contaminating most US cities - resulting in millions of US deaths, a declaration of martial law, and the subsequent nuking of numerous jihad centers in the middle east. This will be followed by the nuking of Jerusalem and the Vatican, and the wipeout of Mecca and Medina in return. Then China and Russia get active, NK fires off its missiles and gets nuked, China takes back Taiwan and nukes Tokyo, and further mayhem results, followed by a resources war. After that, it gets really metaphysical.
My writer's block concerns my general laziness, lack of time with all my other band and business activities here in Shanghai, and the fact that world events are moving too fast for me to know where to start in writing the foundational "fictional" start point, since I'm stealing the whole plotline from a visionary that's been nailing world events for the last two years.
Currently: Heart & Iron
To be released within a year: Gransted; Coming; Cedar Chest Paper.
Thank you for the question.
Wow--thank you so much. I hope you find it a good journey.
Yours truly,
Andy
I just finished my Federal and State tax returns. Does that qualify as fiction?
The founding thread was: Righter's Club
Look at Baen books. Most of their SF is at least modestly conservative. Even their token socialist, Eric Flint, is more conservative than most 'Pubbie elected officials...
Loads of it, unfortunately never tried to publish. The stuff I did get published was non fiction travel stuff.
I also write a lot of fiction for work, but they think it's non-fiction. Weekly reports, customer briefs, technical documents and stuff. ;-)
Another cup of coffee and the completion of my cataract work.
Sorry.
"Never apologize! It's a sign of weakness!"
Captain Nathan Brittles
U.S. Cavalry, Fort Stark
Congratulations!
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