VampireMystic

First time I heard this song I thought of our esteemed host. But on this day of mutant rabbits, zombie Rabbis, humor, and new material, I realized it applies to many of us. Caveat: not necessarily happy. Works for me though.

It's the first of April. And I'm too uptight to pull pranks. So, here's news you can believe in. At 12 noon Central Standard Time, the first chapter of new story will be published. New to GA that is. If you've read my blog entry or if you've read You'll already know what I'm going to tell you. "You're not the One, Neo." XD Sorry, sorry. That's not it. "There is no spoon." NO! That's not it either, "The cake is a lie," No, that's not it either. But I might make cookies, Okay, okay. Weird attention deficit puns aside. What I'm trying to tell you in that at noon my story Predators: 2-14-9X should be making it's Gay Authors debut. Please, read, react and comment. Edit: As of 12:06PM 4/1/208 it's published. Enjoy!

14-year-old Aiden Desmond is used to knowing things others don't. He knows about things from books his friends don’t read, things on tests in higher grades, things that happen that adults don’t talk about, and about bad days on a person's personal calendar, days when things happened, that divided their life into "Before" and "After." But that didn’t prepare him for things like this. Two secrets, two radical shifts in what he knew. Aiden is used to knowing things others don't, but to get used to these things, he needs answers.

"Okay it's 5:45. It's got to be late enough," Aiden muttered as he picked up the handset. His hand felt a little clammy against the plastic. Come on, dude! Play it cool. Just another day in February... Not even calling a girl... Somehow, the drone of the dial-tone seemed like the blaring horn of of a car. Nothing new in Chicago. But it sounds different when you're standing in the street. Okay, not helping myself here... He dialed. Each touch tone like a nail in a... I need to read happier

Can't watch the video right now, but I'm twitterpated from your choice of vocabulary.

I remember this too. In my opinion, better version: if it was subtly indicated that another BOY was interested and our protagonist smiled back. Or at least "ask someone out," leave the possibility. Don't force the audience to assume heterosexuality. I'll admit to being biased though. I think most everything is better with two boys.

Thank you for your kind and generous words complimenting my writing. It's a pleasure to know I was able to give you some enjoyment. Don't forget to look at my story "Predators." Chapter 1 may be old, and it may still be alone for now, but that's the story I think the same character showed up in.

Ordinarily, I would refer you to my blog. The first post gives directions to my newest material. The first chapter of the serial story running in Imagine Magazine for roughly the next year. ( my feed tells me you read the description in my beta reader want ad) However, the Magazine's website has been down most of the last few weeks due to things beyond their control. Chapter 2 of the serial story is due for release on April 1st in the magazine. If, and when, it's available there, I'll be posting about it. Chapter one will be making its debut on gayauthors.org this weekend.

Only in the most awesome ways!

Well, if the magazine makes it off the presses, I've got a chapter in it so at least that's real. If nothing else, keep calm... And read @Comicality ( I was going to say read Gone From Daylight)

The only good thing about Easter is that it's egg laying season for the Cadbury mutant rabbits. If Com wants to enrich April, yay! Although, come on! April Fools day? It's making me twitchy. Not in the fun way. I'm not saying Com's a tease, but... Cliffhangers, cryptic hints, foreshadowing... Okay maybe he is! I mean... He's a writer #no pranks

Foreshadowing. Even when I get to yell "called it!" that doesn't lead me to say "the story sucks" or "the author is an idiot." But then, there's getting that feeling that I am a genius and an ego boost, and there's painfully obvious predictability. I guess I'm saying that even when the surprise isn't one, stories can still be good. It's not the writer's fault if I figured something out. Not automatically. XD I'm working on MY long and subtle game. I appreciate the advice. @Comicality, good article. Don't worry, I picked up that banana peel for you. By the way, loved the way you decorated that lair.

Happens. In one of my first posts I spoiled part of Where Red Fern Grows.

It might have been better if you used a spoiler tag. XD Conflict is the motive force of stories. The experience of reading is watching the protagonist overcome obstacles. It's important to remember that whether it's a subplot or the main plot, a romance the same. And another potential love is a hell of an obstacle. Especially since nothing makes the cutie next to you more noticeable then realiizing they just got hit on, they like it, and you don't, at all! Grr! ~_^ Creating the suspense that things might not work out is just as important. Spoiler or not, "the bait and switch" romance arc above is classic. Note, I did not say "cliché." Only because of the negative connotation. Cliches are not bad. They're common because they work. Thank you for the good reminder, Com.

Most if not all of what he writes is stream of consciousness. that's why a paragraph of page space can occasionally be a sentence. I'd refer you to my interview in issue 38 for insight into my own rich and streamy writing. But Imagine-magazine .org is down. ( not a typo per se, I'm careful about creating outside links places I might not supposed to be). also this isn't my thread. XD I do like what I've skimmed MrM. I'm way too behind on both to read it yet.

At least it wasn't your laptop. I'd knock on wood, but I'm at work, my fella is busy, and you don't know me well enough. Tee hee.

Wasn't directed at you... I said And then Blind Ambitions quote, and then: I was directing that at Comicality. Seeing as he is the one with the weekly blog that we are all commenting on, I thought it might be a good article idea. but then I remembered he said something about it somewhere else. so you're not also the talking car? XD

Indeed not. Uh... I swear I just hit quote. # I didn't do it

Especially in murder mysteries. XD Okay, borrowing the roller coaster. ( will we hear about other rides in your amusement park later?) The middle is tricky for me. In the beginning you're roling down that first hill. (Weeeeee!) It flows there's momentum. To the physical act of writing, and to the story. At the bottom of each one, I tend to coast along, slowing down as I wander around looking for that next hilltop, and the next, and the next, and the next, and... I'm thinking out loud here, but I think my stories struggle because of that search. Even if I keep writing and following the characters thoughts, trying to follow where the characters are going, navigate my own mind to find that hill, and *if* I find it, herd my characters in the right direction. The story might get longer, but that stretch of wandering prose between hills is like deadweight on my mind. The momentum of the wider story stalls. Eventually stopping completely. *looks at the 5 or 6 stalled novels* Cutting the deadweight hasn't really occurred to me before. It's good writing, it's in character, these are natural little things that could happen next. I Part of the story, right? It's also slow and meandering and *cringe and mumble* it's boring. At least compared to the hills. It's part of my process that bled ono the page. Hmm... *some large animal noise* Hear that? My scrap bin is hungry. (Edit: I keep things I cut in a separate bin. Not the circular one.) * Cough * VampireMystic * Cough cough cough * Roller coaster fits with the "story pulling you along" bit, they're pulled through the track by big chsins. If i remember correctly. I've been stuck on the opening of chapter for a current project. (I should have stayed up another hour that night. XD) I smell a slight time skip. Think I'll look for a golden moment, go straight to it and wait for the dive. "The rest will write itself." @Comicality said so. XD I'll try to keep it from crashing. No promises! Here I go! Weeeeeeee! (Great article Com. Hey, You have many stories that have been going on for years. Could be another article on how you deal with THAT. XD) Edit: missing words, the wrong vowel that completely changed the change a verb. And I think Com already said something about that somewhere after all. * Shrug *

Yay *giggles* but I can see one in the ceiling ;P Cool. some of these other religions seem to think I don't have one and this is different from the last 20 years because..? XD *snicker* (Comsie bullshit, best bullshit) #Here's to another 20 years

as of this post you had 25001 reputation points I'm about to ruin it but it's really cool number. There's A Space Odyssey or a Jules Verne joke somewhere

I was alset to go all Alabama and "climb that mountain," then I got to the part where Comsie wasn't in charge. And I thought about it... and i thoughtit was suddenly less cool. And then I thought again... Prophet and Pope would be two really big jobs. Comsie already has a lot of jobs. And then I thought about it some more... Hope they find that missing kid. Who is Levi whatever, and why's he even in the art- Ohh. Wait... that means... And it's a religious compound in America... I better start planning how I'm going to smuggle Comsie and the Pope to safety before the raid. And then, inappropriately I bet the Kool-Aid is awesome And further... I bet they do something sexy for communion... Wait, what if they... and he... and then... No, no. Pope Boy would never have enough for everyone. Maybe three or four a day. maybe every few days... And lastly I thought... This post has gotten long, and weird. And yet... How do you dig an Escape tunnel? those darn squirrels are at it again

It's working for me. Maybe you've chafed your YouTube from too much watching

Can you really say you have arrived, if the ride isn't over? Don't get off now, it'll get better if you wait a little longer. Oh I will, but without breaks it gets a little sore That assumes you were sane when you got on. I'd say those odds aren't good or bad, pretty even actually. This is so nice, I quoted it twice. Thank you

Good... Afternoon XD For my third entry into my blog, I'm sending you back to the first. My own version of throwback Thursday. It's March 1st, 2018. It's a day that will live... well, I'm not really sure. 20 years from now this may be a momentous day in the history of that famous internet author... ... ... ... ...VampireMystic. XD (You were expecting @Comicality maybe? Admit it, it's fine. Hehehe. I'm (one of) the speck(s) of slightly deeper darkness in his shadow) Why, you ask? Why, you wonder, will this day be worthy of note? Turn up the volume to 38, because Imagine Magazine's March issue is out now. Some might be thinking, "So what? I read your story in the preview." To them I say: *cough* Plot twist *cough* When he heard that I was sitting on 26,863 words (and counting) of story for his magazine, he (naturally) had some questions. And we've decided you get to read the answers! Head on over, pickup a copy, and you'll see Comicality shine a spotlight on me. Specifically, on the writing process for my story, 2-14-9X, from the world of Predators. Want more to sink your teeth into? Give me a follow, I have a lot in store this year. (Feeling a little confused? Check out my first blog entry)