JMH

Prelude Of What Has Gone Before Kristen carried the heavy weight of Rondus's stout body like a man carrying a full cask on his shoulders. Dumping the unconscious body near a pile of blankets in the camp he had carefully set up twelve miles from the old coots cabin he looked at the result of a week's worth of backbreaking effort. Everything looked perfect, well as perfect as the agent from the dark lands of Mordel could manage from the gear and supplies his f

Chapter One: Bonding The Centurions speak of two kinds of Demons. One is a legendary creature fated to destroy the world. The other is more mundane... a traitor, or any man that represents a danger to the empire. The law, though, is the same for both... all demons must be killed. Toran Vorr: Legatio Historian Three days had passed since Jason had been changed by the anima given to him by Gideon and Alex, three days since Jonathan had been found dead, his bo

Prelude A child of love and hate be born A child above a city of white A maze through which the darkness fights To claim its love and with love unite Together the two will force the fight The force of hatred and death unite Two worlds of man a war will make Till Angel, Demon, Man must fly From Ares red to blue star nigh The song of Armageddon... Part I – Qul Tos Chapter One: The Boy in the Tower This foul seeds The rot that grew within me Nine mont

The Centurions, warriors who know no equal in all of Ares, live for the chance to fight in great battles and prove their worth through blood and slaughter. Cursed to live not one day past the age of forty, the cruelties of life have taught these perfect soldiers to live without regret or concern for tomorrow, and to live each moment with untamable passion. Of all the people in Ares, only one race has the power to leash the hearts of these pinnacle fighters and that is the gentle hand of men ca

The Centurion warrior Philip Helios, as with all Centurions he possesses unequaled strength in combat. But as with the stars themselves that which shines twice as bright bright burns out twice as fast for none of their kind has lived one day past their 40th year. The living mirror image of these great warriors is Jason Argot true Legatio born. His kind suffer from acute hemophilia where the merest cut can lead to death. Between the two a world will unite.

I would have to say 2, anything else would take away the joy I gain from writing. More importantly writing things I really don't care about would feel like I'm back in college trying to write my thesis (yawn).

Oh boy... this topic hit right on. In practically in everything I write the story never fleshes out as I first planned it. A lot of that I think has to do with whatever mood I happen to be in at the time given my habit of using story telling in a therapeutic manner. As for terrible things happening to your characters the best stories are those who take their readers on a roller-coaster with all the up and downs real life entails compared to those which stick to the up and up like an escalators. It is only natural to cringe when something happens in your tale. While it is illogical to be so emotionally invested, it is as another poster said... if you feel nothing towards the characters and the universe you've created then most likely your readers won't as well. In one of the Series I am working on a reviewer called the latest post 'haunting' which was close to the sense foreboding I was trying to trigger in this part of the Centurion series I've been working on. In the series character's die, fall into despair, or plunge into madness but I never try to leave the reader without leaving a little hope that all is not lost. It was a very hard thing to write, not to mention very long but most of it was written during a long difficult part in my life which made it all the more emotional to write. Now that things are much better than before I don't have it within me to write such a dark series, at least not on the same emotional level In regards to the theological relationship to being both creator and destroyer that the original poster brought up, the only religious philosophy I know of that see god that way is esoteric gnosticism where the creator of the world and all life is also the source of all corruption. Not going to get further into it than that. Anyhoo I don't really believe one can write without it somehow involving a part of who you are, be it the things you know, have done, not done, or find of personal interest. Even making a conscious attempt to write without bias is bias within itself. That's my 2 cents.

Spicy Italian meatballs, sun dried tomatoes, sweet onions, extra cheese, and oregano... perfecto! JMH

Hello folks. Just joined a few days ago so still trying to figure everything out. Been writing gay fiction for the last eight years. I've posted one complete story/book, The Centurion (warning VERY large single file), which is part of a 9 book series I hope to get up eventually. Right now I'm working on a new series, The Scions of Mir, which will be around 3+ books in length, of which the first two chapters are now up. (more bite size) I hope everyone will enjoy them as much as I have writing them and will give me so pointers along the way. You all take care and thanks for letting me join this great group The Centurion: https://www.gayauthors.org/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1429 Sons of Mir: https://www.gayauthors.org/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1431