VampireMystic

Begin quoted portion I'd never...[curse someone] Not an author just doing what they do, anyway. My comments, be it a stream of consciousness wall of text about some piece of the story, or some mini scene (as here), or, once, a rough story scene, it's just me writing down something the content inspired. So really, it's like I'm getting two gifts I get to read the story And actually manage to write something But, if you want a curse: Requirement So long a

Someone asked a room: "You're in an action movie, what's your best one-liner?' First attempt was vaguely successful: VampireMystic: "I told them... I TOLD them... but Nooo, and now I've got to deal with it., or they'll convince themselves it was my pet or something" *camera zooms back so the city on fire and giant tentacular horror are in frame. * - gazes at it with an appraising eye - "As if I'd make anything with such shoddy workmanship..." VampireMystic: Every time I read it I sta

Good evening Page

It hasn't been safe to go in the water since 1974 (book) or 1975 (movie). Unless you have a bigger boat. Ba bump........ Ba Bump.......

Someone may have already pointed this out: The problem with having baby sharks everywhere is that they grow up to jaded adult sharks with no jobs that sit on the couch all day hogging all the Doritos or whatever. Because when you try to flush them into the sewers, all the crocodiles are like: "Nuh uh" In related randomness, my only exposure to this phenomenon was when I was messing around with an Echo Dot and asked for a lullaby. And then Mystic be like: "Nuh uh. Alexa, shut up"

Something funny would go here... But sitting here I keep waking up to realize I almost dropped my phone. December 24th through the 26th was a lot more fun when all I had to do was show up. *insert cliche derivative of " kids wish to be adults and adults wish they were kids* so, hello and goodnight

Comsie has a gift And he keeps giving us gifts. Hmm Comsie Klaus? What would we leave out? I thought of something but I'm not sure I should write it out here. Thank you, Comsie Klaus! ( the joke would work better on a Christmas story but that's not the one I'm reading right now so too bad)

Reminds me of what happened to my trains of thought. Let's just say... the ADD cat and the Stress cat count rolling over as moving when I poke them

I love cheap thrills. Not hitting dance floors, though. Or doing the rest of the song, really. I'll mark this under the warning: "It's a dangerous business, going outside your door," or opening your browser, or your email, or social media...

I have days like that. Actually that expression sort of fits the people I imagine spamming their reload buttons since I changed a story back to "In Process." Like my characters, they exist in my head. Or my face watching anime when the oven beeps that it reached preheated.

Ah, yes... The hugging. Always with the hugging. The price of admission, perhaps? How are you all?

And now, VM's impersation of a cat: Something is happening! *Stare at it from a high place* Later: Something is happening! *Stare at it from a low place* Later still: Something is happening! *Stare at it from a "they'll never see me here" place* And later again: Something is happening! *Stare at it from a strange place* And yet later later still: *Walk in silently whilst on the inside: "The party don't start 'til I walk in..." =^_^= That being the case, Good evening.

Hmm. No, nope. Can't unsee that. Very "the 40 year old baby in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" So where my head goes is that this explains where the actors and actresses went that were big once and then, when their career collapsed, vanished. Or, you know, could be a vampire. Maybe I'm biased.

Hmm... Why ruin perfectly good rice by putting beans in it? I have a recipe for teriyaki chicken and sauce that's much better. And then, with that many sides of beef, why didn't they just have THEM for dinner? If that's your thing.

Followed by the moment that you realize you published it without proofreading and are horrified, but only have enough give-a-crap left to sarcastically comment on it and burn yourself before anyone else does

*That moment when you don't have enough of the right kind of holes on the back of your TV. * That moment of pain when you have to unplug something *That moment of frustration when the splitter you added to have everything plugged in ruins the one time you actually had all the damn chords looking good for once. (Because even though no one else will ever look at them, YOU had the satisfaction of knowing) *That moment when you don't have enough of the right kind of holes on the back of a desktop computer to get the most out of a shiny new gadget *That moment when you fill an empty space inside the computer and gain 4 more of what you needed and therefore wanted * That moment when you realize that while adding USB 3 ports to a computer was awesome 30 seconds ago, it's now insufficient and offensive to your sight because for ONLY twice the money you could have had USB 3.1 *That moment when you get philosophical and realize that if people were as easy to change as computers it would actually be horrible. Because instead of learning to appreciate people for who they are and exploring the perfection that 2 imperfect people can build together, we'd constantly be swapping parts because we'd never be satisfied. * That moment that you realize computer upgrades, maximalist tendencies, impulsive behavior, and high credit limits are a terrible combination * that moment when it crystallizes that exact combination and "I'm just going to make this (8 year old) computer a little better" lead down rabbit hole, which brought you to a place where - Built an entirely new computer that should be enough computer to play anything for the next few years - went back to upgrade the original after all and give it a less "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" vibe, did so, and then went all "boat of Theseus" substituting things until almost everything you started with was piled on top of their old home That moment when you realize you said "oh, what the hell" and "might as well" a few times too many and have 3 working desktops when probably barely needed 1 That moment when you decide to write this all down because, still a writer. *That moment when you realize exactly how insane you sound, and that you're probably weird for thinking it's funny *** and finally that moment when you publish it anyway because, writer

Sold! I'll take mine in Kindle or Mobi format please... "Uh, this is Arby's" Oh, umm... awkward. I'll take a beef and cheddar and large mozzarella sticks, and a large Mt. Dew. "Pull ahead to the second window."

This is going to be the repository for those products of my mind that have no other place. Be they new or old Be they jewels crafted by genius Or the drivel of a madman Enter at your own risk

Thanksgiving is one of those holidays where I just kind of duck behind the nearest cover and wait for it to happen around me. If I'm lucky, my family will forget to actually invite me until the day of and I'll have viable "other plans." "Oh, sorry Mom, I've got other plans. I didn't know what you were up to. What? Oh you can totally bring me some pie! Love you." Now I love my family. I can and have and will probably again twist myself into knots trying to be there for them. But... I can barely endure a group dinner at <c- pizza buffet franchise>, a restaurant! You add in all the extra activity and stress and pretending looking at the same TV is a great way to have a conversation, etc., for HOURS and it's just... no. Nuh uh. Mark me as "unavailable." Or: How about I hang with my sister and her family on Saturday and... Hey, Dad, what are you doing next Tuesday? Nice and manageable. Mmm... pie.

Adorkable.

Ever look back and realize you've done more than you thought you did? I've mentioned some word counts before. Edited chapter 4 of "2-14-9X" today for @Comicality's magazine. When I pasted the edits into this running word file I keep the whole story in I noticed something. 30, 747 words Now, that's not too far from the last publicized count, I know. But it's still been a while since I took stock of the whole, you know? Considering most of that was written between December 2017 and March 2018 progress has slowed considerably. But, to those of you who read my interview in the March 2018 issue of @Comicality's Imagine Magazine, my writing hasn't, and isn't always as readily available of my imagination. The gap between imagining something, no matter how detailed, and expressing that vision. is sometimes wider than others. Sometimes it's the crack in the sidewalk between to slabs, something unnoticed as w=one goes along. Sometimes it's a canyon, and there isn't always a bridge. Sometimes it feels so far that one side is out of sight of the other. Even when it's working, another issue is control. I may say "I really need to edit chapter 5, I'm behind schedule," only to have my concentration slide away from me to concepts, scenes, whole stories, that have nothing to do with a certain night's events that happened to be on Valentine's Day. And trying to force it one way instead of where it wants to go can mean that nothing really gets done. Proofreading is one thing, and that can be hard enough to concentrate on, but editing is more than that. In the case of chapter 5 well, there are things that have to work or… Well they don't yet so no chapter 5 for you guys. And I may say that "chapter 8 really needs some attention" (XP) same deal. Just because I want to write it doesn't mean that's what I can concentrate on. I mean just look at chapter 2 of predators 3/4 finished since before I started 2 – 14 – 9X. I know what happens next, I watched it play out a a dozen times in my head. (Are you loving or hating a look behind the scenes right now? Be honest.) And sometimes, this is speaking more historically, there's a difference between writing something, writing something that's good, and writing something that's useful. I have at least three "novels" that are each unfinished, probably more than 100 pages apiece, and they tell so little of the story for all that wordage that it's not even funny. Not to me anyway. It's not that what I wrote is bad, it's just... ugh. Slow. Or focuses so much on setting that by the time the actors start doing something there's no momentum carried over from the previous scene. So maybe there's only been a few thousand words of progress over the last few months. But trust me, a few thousand words of progress are better than tens of thousands that don't go anywhere. *Looks offstage when there's muttering from the wings* "Yes yes I'm still going to tell your stories someday." Probably in the grand scheme of things my old writing accomplishes in more than 100 pages less story mileage than I've managed to do in Predators: 2-4-9X thus far. I'll take the right 4k words over the good but useless 40k I might otherwise have added in the past. Am I making sense? Writing aside, life presents its obstacles and distractions. Work, home, mood disorders, drama drama drama, even as a spectator. Sigh. I've got a couple people that might become beta readers. That will help if it happens. Nothing refuels focus on writing like talking about it with people. I've also joined a writing group IRL. While I don't know ow much that will help, I'm not exactly eager to volunteer "hey I write about teenagers having sex. Gay ones." I mean, that's not what I want to be the focus of my writing, the emotions are what matter but I think we all know that's the part that would stand out. They do something for national novel writing month and I have vague operations of participating. Which is why, except for engaging with my potential beta readers and if the mood strikes me to do otherwise, I'm going to be focusing on prep work for a short story that has been preoccupying me and the broader story that it inspired because that may be my NaNoWiMo project. I know 2-14 is already behind schedule and any diehards have been waiting for seven years for Predators chapter 2. But I hope my readers and fellow writers and everyone here can focus on the positive. If I even get close that means you guys could see something pretty complete. And writing is writing. . I started this log entry thinking about how far I've come, it makes sense to leave it at I thought of how far I have to go. I've said before, in that interview actually, my writing is my journey, and I hope that some of you want to come along.

I had a feeling it was older than that. Being right is a warm fuzzy feeling. Good thing to find on a Sunday morning. Your writing has grown and changed a lot. But has always been good. #another20years PS Cameos of your characters from oneshots could be cute. (Probably already happening) even if it's 20 years later in the background of another teen couple's story. #anniversary PPS I think I'm going to ride this warm fuzzy feeling all the way to the coffee machine and then a keyboard. No saddle? Well, there's always "bareback"

Nice story. Reminds me of the earliest Comsie stories I read. Not surprising once I saw that it was posted 2010. Not complaining or criticizing. Very nice story. Sometimes hot and fast is what's going to hit the spot. XD Clearly, Brian hit Josh's.

Uh Com, Fantasy elements grounded in the appearance reality is the definition of urban fantasy. Dresden Files Kate Daniels series Graywalker (or is it Greywalker?) Pax Arcana Series All urban fantasy. Predators Predators: 2-14-9X (Shameless self promotion) And... Gone From Daylight. Urban Fantasy FANTASY, I tell you! #mic drop (Hmm, all my examples have vampires. And (excusing mine) only GFD has protagonist vampires.) A thought: There are cocksuckers, blood suckers, bloody cock suckers, cocky bloodsuckers, hmm... (they got too convoluted from here) Moving on, @Page Scrawler The Areonaut's Windless has a steampunk vibe @Comicality You wouldn't be the first to launch "sword and sorcery fantasy" after succeeding with urban. Jim Butcher did that. I believe you'd be good at it. After all, everything you put into your stories now to make them compelling is the same stuff to needed for the other kind.

Lovable but tragic. Take a moment and appreciate this. Today, we discovered you have much to learn about motivating people to go read books. Some people might be disinclined to invest in characters if they know ahead of time there's tragedy involved. I remember, a friend recommended a book he had started reading that I hadn't heard of. I looked it up and said something about it being tragic and he was SO mad at me for spoiling it. XD All I did was read the publisher's description. Whoops