Wednesday Writing - A few funny items.

I admit I am stealing this from William Kerns (from his Facebook posts) who admits he stole it from a friend (who wouldn't mind). So basically I don't take any credit for what comes next - and have to admit I am not really sure who gets the credit now.

When I encounter an upset grammar nazi, I pat them on the back and say "There, Their, They're"
A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves.
A dangling modifier walks into a bar. After finishing a drink, the bartender asks it to leave.
A question mark walks into a bar?
Two quotation marks “walk into” a bar.
The bar was walked into by the passive voice.
Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They drink. They leave.
What would have happened had a subjunctive walked into a bar?
An antecedent walked into a bar, and they ordered a drink.
An ellipsis walked into a bar…
Bartender asks a woman what she wants. “An entendre,” she says. “Make it a double.” So he gives it to her.
An alliteration traipsed into a tavern, where it tangled tempestuously with an insistent, illiterate intern.
A typo wakled into a bar.
A rabbi, a priest, and a cliché walk into a bar.
Two possessive apostrophe's walk into the bar as if they owned the place.
A subject and a verb have a disagreement in a bar, and one of them pull out a pistol.
A heedless homonym walks into a bar. You think he wood of scene it write in front of him.
The Oxford Comma joined in a high-spirited debate at the bar that included his parents, Ayn Rand and the Bishop of Canterbury.

Monday Music - Forever May Not Be Long Enough

I know it's Tuesday, and I know I forgot my Monday Music post.  Despite being bad about that, I am still going to post a music video.  I'm trying to stay with the theme for the my current work in progress.  I'll give more info on that in later posts.

In good news.  The proof copy for "Island of Regrets" arrived.  It is well on track to be released very soon.

Ok, so here is the video.

Friday social - Fighting a cold

I don't have much for today. I was planning on something about the NFL draft. Instead I am fighting a cold and calling it a day.

 

Have a great weekend everyone.

Wednesday Writing - Chapter Headings

This week I am very focused on editing 'Island Of Regrets'.  I have every intention of getting the draft uploaded to create space (where it is published) so that I can order Proof copies this weekend.  One copy will go to an editor who in town.  One will stay with Teri and I.  We will get out the red pen and get to work on finding and correcting as many mistakes as we possibly can.  Once we and the other editor get through our respective copies, I will go through and update the book with the corrections, and set an official release date.

As I go through the book this week, I am breaking it up into chapters.  The last book I wrote, I did actual chapter headings and a table of contents.  That concept doesn't quite fit this book, so I am going with a different idea.

I am not going to put in chapter headings, or even numbers, or anything like that to identify the chapters.  I am not going to have a table of contents in the book either.

I'm super excited because this project is moving along very well right now, and I am way more than happy with the outcome of the story after I read it again for myself.  I'm getting back to work.  Have a great Wednesday everyone.

Monday Music - Free

This is from my Island of Regrets music playlist.  There were 21 songs that I put together for keeping the right mood while I wrote.

Friday Social - Boston

Honestly, there are no words I can say for those who endured the horror that happened on Monday.  There are no words I can say for those who have stayed indoors since last night because of the events still unfolding in that city.

I have lost loved ones.  I understand what that feels like, and that understanding is how I know there are no words I can put here.  I've been in a war zone in the Middle East, and that is enough for me to know there are no words that will suffice.

If anyone has been through a traumatic event or lost a loved one, then you and you alone know how incredible hard it is for you right now.  Lean on people you know and trust and let them support you.  There is no weakness in letting yourself be held.  There is no weakness in tears, and there is no weakness in feeling afraid.

May the fear come to an end very soon.

Wednesday Writing - Upcoming items

In my now very normal and typical fashion.  I feel very rushed to do everything I want to do and to accomplish all I want to accomplish.  I am determined to see it all through though.  In no particular order, here are things that are upcoming in the world of writing for me.

1. Complete and edit a short story ("The Thirteenth God") and submit the short story for approval to be published in an upcoming anthology compiled by The Northwest Independent Writers Association (NIWA for short and I am a member).

2.  Go through the comments my proofreader gave me and make changes to Island of regrets and get it set up so I can get a printed proof copy.  I am meeting with a reporter next month (as long as she doesn't have to cancel).  I am hoping to give her the proof copy and God willing get another fabulous review in a real newspaper.

I need the edit on Island completed no later than April 28 to give me time to get the proof copy ordered (without having to rush the order).  That's actually quite a bit of writing and editing and formatting (and more details you probably aren't all that interested in) that have to be completed in a short time while holding down a full time job and also finding time to at least have a little entertainment in my life.  Such is the life of a writer who needs a full time job to support his writing habit.

Happy writing, and happier reading everyone.