Ok, so I know I haven't been very active lately, but that's because I've been working on a few writing projects and doing some planning for the next couple of years. Yes, I said years. I have a goal in mind, and I need to give myself a lot of time to achieve it.

Reader: So, Nick, what kind of goal takes two years?

Me: Becoming a published author

Reader: (Snickers)But Nick, you can't even get yourself Hosted at Gay Authors....how the hell are you going to be published at all, let alone in two years?

Me: (Glares at the nay sayer)I'm going to work my ass off and not give up until I get that good

Reader: (Holding side and trying to control laughter) Fat chance Nick

So yeah, I want to be a published author by the time my eighteenth rolls around, so I've been working on a lot of different types of stories. I figure I need to accomplish a lot of milestones before I can ever do something as important as a publishing a novel, but it's honestly all I can think about. I feel like I have to go for it, because if I don't at least try, I'll never know what might have happened.

So if I try and fall flat on my face, at least I can say I tried and I can try again until I make it. If I make it, even better. Maybe I can really reward my editor, The Great Talonrider!!!!!!! ,for all of his hard work.

All I know is that I have a goal in mind, and one of the first milestones I have to meet along the way is being considered a legitimate talent. I have to be able to write a chapter story with no sex, and it has to be written well enough to keep my readers interest all the way to the last word of the last chapter. Then I have to improve from there.

I've even considered trying to write sci-fi, but I honestly have no interest in the topic. Fan fics are out for me, too.

I have to be original. That's why I'm writing Time In A Bottle. I have some really great Beta Readers, and they've told me a lot. I'm going back and rewriting a lot of chapter one, and then I plan to go through it all with a fine tooth comb when I'm finished with the rewrite. The response I get to this story means a lot to me. In fact, I've actually lost a little sleep behind it because I keep thinking of ways to improve what I've already worked on improving.

So I've decided to add a little more pressure to the situation by declaring on my blog that I plan to be a published author with a book that has its own display rack at Barnes and Nobles and Borders by Feb 21, 2009.

Wish me luck