Ryan801army: Blog

I've started referring to the new long story I'm writing as Resume. I've just finished chapter 4. Chapter 1 has been sent for an editing check. I think I'm going to try and keep this ratio going of having 1 chapter to post and 3 to fine tune. I'm going to try and keep to a schedule of posting every 2 weeks for the long story.

I've also created a series now where I'll be writing about some of my Army experiences. Most of these will be pretty short flash stories like the first one, with the hope of making some of you laugh and letting you see some of the real Army that would be too boring for movies or books. It also will give you some insight into the fact that not everyone in the Army is a combat MOS (job). Support jobs are needed as well.

So this is a question based from an idea I had reading a couple stories by CaptainPig (who has also been generous enough to volunteer to edit my upcoming long story). He's retired Army and I'm current. Would any of you be interested in me sprinkling in short true stories featuring some of the funny Army moments I've seen? These would largely be disconnected and potentially jump around in timelines. But just meant for times I may need a mental break to step away from my new long story coming up.

I'm setting a goal once I start posting of trying to do a chapter every 2 weeks. I was thinking short unrelated stories in their own universe could be a good way of doing simple stuff to also help keep me in the habit of writing, whether short or long story universes. Drop me a message with your thoughts, please.

Also, an update: resume has chapter 3 completed and chapter 4 in progress. 1-3 have been submitted for editing. Not sure a starting time yet, but they're coming.

Ryan

That's the working title I've got for the story I'm working on. So far I've got 2 chapters complete and a longer 3rd in progress. It starts in present day but there will be some occasional use of flashbacks to cover some of the backstory. I'm not sure how long it's going to go yet, but it is a slow starter and definitely not one where you will want to start expecting a stroke story. Although I do think I will include some erotic writing as the story goes, it's just not going to be a focus.

Ryan

I've written 2 chapters so far for the new story. It's going to be a slow start as most of those are meant to be setting things up. I'll still be waiting a little bit to post the first chapter. I want to do some proofreading and clean up but also get the rough draft for chapter 3. I'm also starting an outline to use for where I see the story going. I am still looking for an editor/advanced reader if anyone is interested just drop me a message

So there didn't really seem much interest in my restarting First and Second Date, so for now at least I'm going to leave that. What I am doing though is starting work on a post-apocalypse story. Not sure how long I'll go with it yet to be honest. I've got a first chapter written but will probably have a couple in hand before I start posting. Hopefully that will m4an a shorter time between updates that way. If anyone has seen my previous writing and would like to be an editer/advanced reader let me know, I'm sure I could use the help.

A little background on the story. My idea is based off "The Stand" novel by Stephen King. But only based off. The superflu is basically the same in its effectiveness. While there will be good vs "evil" types I'm not planning to go the god vs devil dividing things into 2 groups like King did. Instead, it will focus on my main character and how he deals with the challenges ahead of him.