Writer Mick: Blog

Hi All

Over the years I've gotten TONS of corrections in the comments area after a story. I'm always appreciative of those. I would love to thank each person directly but the comments do not provide for that feature.

I guess what I'm asking is that in the future, when you catch one of my egregious errors I would love it if you would send it to me as an email. There is a link at the end of each story/chapter called "Contact The Author". Please contact me with your thoughts and corrections. I edit the stories and repost the story/chapter almost immediately.

Thanks again!

Mick

Hi All

Well I've been working my tail off. And here I thought I was retired.

Oh, you're retired? You have a few extra hours a week to help us out? Cool!

I'm too good at what I do. And as the old saying goes, "Work expands to fill the amount of time available".

I've been working on a story in my spare time. Would you believe that sometimes I get to write three or four sentences and then I have to stop? Well that's how it's been since the start of Summer.

This was the sort of thing that cost me two marriages. I get too deep into my profession and ignore all else.

I'm sorry to have not kept up with my ongoing stories. I've just chosen to back away and redo my daily schedule so that I WILL dedicate time to write each day.

Mick

Hi All

One of the most satisfying stories I've written was "Put Your Hand In Mine". I wrote it back in February 2020.

A reader dropped me a note that he found one typo. One! I went back and read the entire story and son of a gun there was one typo. I'd typed the word 'say' instead of 'saw'.

I was amazed that I'd only had one! So I fixed it, sent in the corrected chapter, and wrote this blog.

It's still one of my favorites because it comes from my feelings when I was divorced by my first wife.

Take care

Mick

Hi All

This is still one of my favorite stories. But there were a few rough spots. Over the course of my vacation I cleaned those up.

If you've not read Equilibrium before please do so. If you have, I'd love to see if you liked it more.

Mick

Hi All

I'm a sinner! Anyone who writes seriously will tell you that the worst thing a writer can do is stop writing for some reason.

I went on vacation for four weeks and didn't do a bit of writing. I will be posting a redo of "Swapped Unswapped" today but I did that while I was in my museless period last month.

I go back to work this week and that will put me back on a schedule and I'll be able to get back to creating new content.

Maybe I'll get some inspiration from one of the dozen strip clubs I visited around the Midwest during my vacation. Maybe.

Mick