Kenn Ghannon: Blog

For a bit now, I've been fascinated by cheating wife stories. I don't know why. I have a very good relationship with my wife and I'm certain my wife doesn't cheat on me (of course, the husband is always the last to know, but...). I even started writing my own cheating wife stories...until I ran into a problem.

If a woman is going to cheat on you, it means the love and respect are already gone. So, what does it matter what you do to them...if you divorce, they're free of you and free to have sex with their lovers anyway. There just doesn't seem to be any downside for them...so, I'm putting off writing a story I have in my hopper until I can think of a reason why a cheating wife would even bother fighting for the marriage...

Chapter 7 of the First Mirror Darkley book is giving me no end of trouble. First, I've had some minor, cheesy medical issues to deal with which have been taking up more of my time than I'd like -- and the medical problems have come complete with pain pills which, I've found, are NOT conducive to writing that turns out to be legible. Go Figure.

Beyond that, I've also been doing some reading -- currently of Phil Brown's "Second Time Through" series (book 2 still in progress). I have to say, I've enjoyed it far more than I thought I would though I find some of it a bit far-fetched -- but then, that's why they call it Science Fiction. The great thing about Mr. Brown's story is that it's character development is incredible -- he manages to maintain boundaries of his characters that make them individuals. For example, he wrote a few sections where he didn't bother to name the character interacting with Michael (the main character) and just from the dialog and descriptions you could easily tell who it was. Masterful and I highly recommend it.

Reading his story did put a quick story idea in my hopper...but I've got about 100 stories just lounging around in there, so...maybe I'll get to it.

As for Chapter 7, I think I need to just muddle through and force myself to write it...then come back and edit the crap out of it until I'm satisfied. The primary difficulty here is keeping it believable (within the realms of the Universes I've created). Sigh. Here goes nothing...

Howdy, Hi and Hello!

I just thought I'd write a quick post to say that I am still alive and well; the rumors of my demise are exaggerated. I'm even writing -- always a good sign.

I'm currently working on a project that I've been adding details to for about a year or so now (background, plot, characters, etc.). I've mentioned it in a previous blog post; it's a (hopefully) epic fantasy story that I feel really good about -- it's a good story and tells a good tale. It's intended to be part 1 of a 4 part story sequence but it will definitely be able to stand alone (although, not all plot devices will be completely fulfilled because some of it sets up later sequences in the story).

I've received some mail about Marc Bruester's story (Not Enough) and when I'm going to finish another segment of that story. I can only say that it's going to be a while; I'm completely committed to this fantasy story right now (to the point I've actually got editors going through my muddled prose). I'll likely turn back to Marc's story after that (well, I *may* post another little tale I've got that is another of those 'part 1' of a story sequence -- but I've had that one mostly finished for about a year now...and I just keep adding more to it when the mood strikes me...).

What might not be completely obvious is that Marc's is a very difficult story for me to tell. He's a character that I like -- but he's very unlike 'me' and I find that I have to be in a particular place mentally to really get into his head. I have to have a certain amount of anger and frustration to bring him to life and I'm just not there yet. [Side note but true story: I literally POUNDED my keyboard on some facets of his story -- to the point that I had to buy a new keyboard when it was over because I broke a few keys!]

I've also decided that I'm not going to post a story until it is completely done. I'm not certain when my current fantasy story will get posted -- but it definitely won't be before late June and might not actually get in until August or September some time.

So, I hope that you all will have patience with me.

Thank you,
Kenn

In my infinite wisdom (yes, strong sarcasm there) I've begun working on the first of four parts of (what I hope will be) an epic fantasy story. I'm looking for an experienced editor to help me with grammar, punctuation and story continuity -- basically, someone who can read over chapters and scream at me about how poorly I write, make corrections and strongly suggest I give up my dream of being a writer and dedicate myself to my underwater basket-weaving passion.

I have 'living documents' with notes on background and characters and I've outlined 25 chapters though I may end up with more as things go on. The story is currently planned to include mf mF ff Ff most of which will be of an incestuous nature (depending on how you look at things, maybe bro sis mom grandmom cousin aunt); there is going to be violence in the story though I currently have no plans to have violent sex in the story. I also have no plans to include BDSM, blackmail, bondage, any male on male (which is *MY* squick), beast, and so on though I can't absolutely promise against it if the story should lead me there.

If you have a good grasp of English (grammar, sentence structure, spelling) and are interested please e-mail me at kenn_ghannon at hot mail dot com.

I've been suffering from writer's block. I've started part 2 of Marc Breuster's story (which will be 3 or 4 parts long) but got stuck writing and re-writing the first chapter. Nothing I do feels right to me.

So, I started working on other stories, particularly all of the background I need for a new "series" I'm putting together that is my most ambitious to date; seriously, the background and data for the characters has taken me most of 6 months to piece together (the series will run through 4 years, though I'm stuck on my carrot for year 3...sigh...).

My daughter actually sparked the thought that became Beautiful. I don't want to give much of the story away, but she's just starting to study elementary school biology and...well, you'll have to read it to find out more.