Banadin: Blog

Recently because of business commitments my writing has slowed down. It bothers me from the point of view that I enjoy writing, and that I know some people who are shut in for whatever reason use the stories as escape.

I just got some prospective on the whole subject. There is a thread in the authors section where they discuss how long a short story should be or is. The consensus appears to be around 10,000 words.

Looking back at all my stories that would mean I have written over 60 short stories in the last three years.

I don't know if that is a brag or complaint, take your pick. What it does mean is that I have written a respectable amount and should quit agonizing over it.

BTW the latest chapter is at 9,900 words so I had better get back at it.

It has been three weeks since I posted a chapter, the current one is about 90% done. That said people are sending emails asking if the story is being abandoned. No it is not. This is the last story that I will release chapter by chapter. It is planned to be 18 chapters long. So if I get this finished it will be probably be a year before the next story appears.

Also thanks to all the unsung patient people out there who bear with me.

Tried writing in the St. Louis Admerials Club early this morning. Nothing. Then tried club in Charlotte, nothing, now in club in Philly, still nothing. Heck with it going home.

Those who think the Holy Grail has been found in Tenth Grade obviously do not watch Antique Road Show. The makers mark on the bottom of the clay cup is that of Sid Yahweh, a Mesopotamian maker of clay cups which were sold in the market filled with peanut butter, then later used as drinking cups.

They have very little value. His later works where he decorated them with popular cuneiform carton characters, especially the Peter Pan series are of some value but there were so many made they can still be found in roadside stands.

Why the cup in question was buried in a special box we will probably never know. I suspect the author likes to play with people minds on occasion.

Accidently deleted an email before responding. A reader was concerned about a description of casting methods. They referred to the lost wax method which is not used commercially today. What is used is sand casting. This consist of packing sand around a wooden model (sand contained in frame), then removing the model and pouring grey iron etc.into it. Just watched a YouTube video to refresh my memory. I have done quality audits at several foundries. Now back to writing.