TheDarkKnight: Blog

I've had the feeling that I'm getting into a rut. A lot of my stories lately have been about naughty teens. They're still fun to write, but I wanted to try something different, so I decided to try a no-sex horror story. I've always wanted to be a horror writer, but I lack confidence, and smutty stories are easier for me. This one kinda creeped me out while I was writing it, kept me awake for a couple of nights, so maybe I should stick to my wayward teens.

Since I assume that most of the people who read my blog posts also read my stories, I would like to get some feedback from some of you regular readers.

I was originally going to enter this in the SOL Halloween contest, but I decided I'm not ready to go up against the popular writers here.

Hope you enjoy the cover illustration.

Sometimes, if I'm really lucky, I find characters in my brain that I fall in love with and enjoy writing about. Daisy and J.C. are two of them. I have no idea where the idea to write about teens in a small town in Southwest Georgia in the 1960s came from, but once I found myself there, the rest has come easily. I hope some of you are enjoying their exploits as much as I am.

"Banana Anna" is a story I posted 16(!) years ago, but now I feel the urge to go back and add to it. I hinted at that in the endnote to the original post, but I almost forgot about it. A couple of recent comments have ignited my interest. I'm unsure whether I should post the new part as 'Chapter 2', even though the first part wasn't posted as a chapter, or if I should create a new story, something like 'The Further Adventures of Anna Banana'.

Oh well, since I haven't even started writing it, and I have three others in the works, I guess I have time to figure that out.

As the Orange Mussolini likes to say at the end of his social media posts, "Thank you for your attention."

Not really an update, just a change of status. After struggling through 2-3 ideas of where to go with this one, I hit a brick wall and decided to declare it as "completed". Nothing was working for me, and it got too frustrating. I think it's still a pretty good story as is. I know there are some readers who won't read a story in progress, so maybe I'll even get a few new readers.

On a happier note, Chapter 2 of "Daisy and Me" is almost ready to post.

I usually don't post on Mondays, but since this is a holiday (in the U.S.), I thought I would give it a try, hoping that a few folks are looking for something new to read today. And, to those who have been frustrated by my recent incomplete stories, I'm working on that. This is turning into something like a real job, and I thought I was retired.