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Oct 13, 2011

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This is the anthology in which I am published, it is still available for sale on Amazon.com. If you're local and want a signed copy, contact me directly.

Jun 15, 2011

When Creativity Sparks......

The world should stop expecting me to do things. Like my day job. I'm currently trying to write while working and it is seriously impacting my flow. Things like emails, text messages, the urge to play Guild Wars and requests for posts on the RPG are things I can generally handle in groups of two or three as my writing flows but even I, the epic multi-tasker, am having issues with all of these things hit me at once. I don't want to work, I want to write. I want the freedom to let the words flow from my fingertips through the keyboard, to be edited later, and when I need to... stare blankly at my storyboard and wait for that moment of inspiration.

But alas, I do not have a choice. The day job must be done and I have to fit the real world somewhere in my writing. Problem is that the real world has been silencing the creativity and I can't allow that to continue... not if I want to see this project finished.

Between days like these and days where I have all the time in the world but no gumption to write at all, isn't there some sort of happy medium?

May 31, 2011

Totally Official

SO. I am now officially a published writer. With my words in a book and my name on the back cover. It's a short story in an anthology but everyone's got to start somewhere and it's not like I'm going to start out on the top, right? I'm pretty damn proud of myself and I'm trying my best not to feel guilty about it. I mean, I've worked hard and I deserve it... so why should I feel like bragging about it is a bad thing? Probably the same reason I don't like people reading what I write -- a fear of failing somehow.

But if I want to be an author, I have to get over it and get over myself. Either I'll do good or I won't. But in the meantime I'm going to write what I want and what's inside of me. So far it's done me pretty good.

I didn't win the writing contest -- the one that got me published. But I'm first in the Honorable Mention category which I figure is fourth place. I was told there were 30 to 40 entries in the contest and only six stories made it in the book... Not to bad, right?

My only problem now is marketing. I bought a bunch of copies but now I feel like a douche asking people to buy them.... There has got to be something wrong with me.

May 4, 2011

Jedi's Creed - Full Version

I believe in Vader, the former Anakin, creator of storm troopers and the Death Star, and in Luke Skywalker, his only Son, our hope, who was conceived with his twin sister Leia, born of the Princess Amidala, suffered under Emperor Palpatine, was beaten, lost a hand, and was rescused. He was picked up by the Millennium Falcon; the third movie he learns the truth; he ascended onto Endor and is seated at the right hand of the Master Yoda; from thence he shall return to play on syndicate television. I believe in the Force, the Wookiee, the Ewoks, the triumph of good over evil, the art of the Lightsaber, and Star Wars everlasting. Amen. May the 4th be with you all.

-- Written by A. Maire Dinsmore