If Not Now, When?

Well, I've suffered the nag of writing for longer than anything else. So let this be the digital record of me actually doing something about it.

I've recently come across the website of one Louise Penny and I must say I'm impressed. Her words of anonymous encouragement for aspiring authors are both inspiring and humbling. It is easy to allow fears, and doubts, and distractions keep us away from our passions if we let them.

The best piece of advice I took from the information there was to finish what you start. Self-confidence aside, you can't do anything with unfinished work. You don't even get to say, "I tried and failed," because the work was never completed. I found that as much of an encouragement as I did a reprimand; both can be helpful.

I will try and devote time on a regular basis to updating the few of you reading this on my writing endeavors (perhaps we can start a poll on rejections?).

As a quick update of the last 16 years or so, I've accumulate a massive amount of unpublished and even unfinished work. Mostly fantasy, which may be more admiration work then something to be published, but until it's finished and submitted, you never truly know.

On the 24th of January, 2008, I submitted a short story entitled "Death in the Family" to Dark Recesses Press. The turn around time is up to 16 weeks, so it may be a little while before I hear back. I am also not sure of the etiquette for sending the same work to different publications. Something worth looking into (16 weeks is a long time to sit and do nothing).