The Doorbell Chimed Twice (Short Story) - 9/15/2015 4:45:27 AM
I hate writing assignments like that. It's obvious that you would like to write more because you ended the story just when it got interesting.
Ron
The Doorbell Chimed Twice (Short Story) - 9/14/2015 1:10:58 PM
If you were to continue this story, I'm wondering if your professor would be a glutton for punishment ... maybe history repeating itself--or worse!
Arcadis: Prophecy (Short Story) - 9/8/2015 5:21:17 AM
This is not a genre that I am interested in. However, I read your chapter and found that it was very well written and quite imaginative. I am not well versed in sorcerer or magic lore, so I can't comment on that except to say that it seems to be rather complex and must be very difficult to keep together for an entire novel. I must commend you for your imagination and understanding of this lore, that someone that reads this kind of stuff would be much better at determining the quality of.
I'm sure there's a large following for magic based on the Harry Potter phenomenon. I wish you success with your novels.
Ron
Arcadis: Prophecy (Short Story) - 9/8/2015 12:54:54 AM
Not a fan of fantasy, I nevertheless began to read your story out of curiosity and enjoyed it very much as it was atypical. Arcadis is self-deprecating, flawed, powerful, and breaks the "cardinal" rule. You have a way of "regulating" fantasy by interjecting it with humor and breaking away from form. After all, a sorcerer has the resource of imagination to do so.
I am currently at an impasse on book five (Short Story) - 4/18/2015 7:39:00 AM
I am currently in the second book of the trilogy that is a sequel to another book. I have written 25 chapters but have not gotten to the meat of the matter yet. I've recently thought up a couple of twists that I will put into upcoming chapters, but I have no idea how my hero, like Arcadis, is going to solve the problem before him. I know the outcome in the third book of the trilogy because it is the same as that of the first book.
So, in a way, I have your problem, too. But it seems like every time I sit down to write a chapter without much of a clue, I start writing, ideas pop into my head, and I am generally quite satisfied with what I have written… Strange.
You also are describing classic writer's block. I've had that a time or two. The best cure is Isaac Asimov's. Have several projects going on at the same time. When you're blocked with one, start working on another. Before you know it, you have an idea about the one you've been blocked with, and you can go back to it.
Ron
I am currently at an impasse on book five (Short Story) - 4/18/2015 3:23:52 AM
It definitely has. I believe that out of the blue, you'll get one of those eureka moments showing you the way. All the best...
The Ladder (Poetry) - 2/2/2016 1:50:22 AM
This is like a very fearful dream...
I shall never see ladders the same again!
The sub conscious is revealing much here...
Diana...
The Ladder (Poetry) - 1/30/2016 7:49:38 PM
1-30-2016:
Totally Off The Wall !!
TRASK...
The Ladder (Poetry) - 1/30/2016 7:35:26 PM
Ladders as people and people as ladders. Maybe others are the way to heaven or hell? Look beyond our skulls to another world. People as pathways to heaven or hell. A route and a sign. Most of us are used to the same worn path and will not deviate no matter the consequences. Doomed to make the same mistakes. I love a poem that makes me think. Bob
The Ladder (Poetry) - 1/30/2016 11:36:55 AM
That was either one hell of a nightmare or a very bad trip--take your pick.
Ron
