TheDarkKnight: Blog

2024 was a big year for me. I regained internet access for the first time in over a decade (long story), and one of the first things I did was ask the nice folks here if they would resurrect my former user name. They said okay, of course, because that's how they roll, and I began writing and posting again.

My only resolution for the new year is to keep on writing. I'm currently working on three stories at the same time, which is like juggling three raw eggs - it often ends up in a mess, but I can't quit.

Psst, I have a secret that I will reveal in a few days.

It's already (24 hrs after being posted) one of my highest-rated stories, and it has lots of downloads. Tks to those of you who sent me encouraging comments also.

Guess it's time to get my ass in gear and get back to work on this one.

Usually I don't post partially complete stories, but this time I made an exception. I have two more chapters of this one sketched out in my head, but I also have three other stories waking me up at night, demanding my attention. I'll let you, dear readers, decide if I should finish this one. If you choose to read it, please give it an honest rating, and of course, comments are always welcome.

Now that I am using the paid version of Grammarly, just as an experiment, I get a "report card" each week. Here are the results for the last seven days:

I am more productive than 96% of other users.

I am more accurate than 89% yada, yada.

I use more unique words than 90%, etc. (I bet I know what a lot of those words are).

What all that tells me is that maybe I don't need Grammarly. I'll give it another week, but I'm leaning strongly toward canceling. I figure I've managed to post 40-some-odd stories here before I even heard of it, so I may go back to self-editing. I'm not trying to write the great American novel, or even the so-so American novel, just some dirty stories.

Found another interesting comment from C. Robert Cargill on Bluesky this morning. I want to make a poster of this one and hang it over my writing desk.

"Stop worrying that the pages aren't good enough. You'll make them good enough when you edit. Sometimes you have to see the words on the page before you know exactly what it is supposed to be.

The right words often only come after the wrong words."