Writer Mick: Blog

Hi All

Now that the story is half over I've turned on the comments. Maybe I'll hear from the one person that gave the story a 2, and the one person who gave it a 3, and the one person who gave it a 4, and the one person who gave it a 5.

Seriously, I'd love to hear from these folks.

Mick

Hi All

This is the name of my new story. You know the little short thing that was to clear my mind so I could go back to the next O'Dell Saga or the last Strawberry Patch book.

Yeah, it took on a,life of it's own and now numbers 10 chapters plus a short prologue just to tease you all a little and get the 1 voters pissed off.

Per usual, if anyone finds errors let me know.

Love you!

Mick

Real life has jumped on my poor old fuzzy butt. I thought I would have another story ready to post my now, but it's not finished and as my readers know, I won't start to post a story until it's done. By the way, it's called "There and Back" and it's up to nine chapters and 48K words.

On another note, one of my readers, a poor soul who stumbled on a story, like it and got hooked, asked me what was my favorite story so he could read that next. That set the gears to burning a lot of lube. After the smoke cleared I came up with a list of sorts.

The reader never specified if they wanted to know my favorites to write or my favorites to read, so I mixed and matched. Here it is:

1-Mick and Keri - it was my first and at 783KB one of my largest. I began the process of going over it for errors and posting the corrected chapters and got bogged down in RL. I had no editor but I did have a few wonderful people who found errors and sent them to me.

2-A Small Drop In A Famous Butt - you all should know that I truly appreciate a nice butt. I've said in my stories that I think that the phrase "more than a handful is a waste" applies to butts and not tits. This was my first time writing down one of my silly thoughts. It's still a favorite to read when I feel down.

3-The Fortune of the O'Dells

4-The Passion of the O'Dells - the two highest scoring stories I've written. I'm working on "The Strength of the O'Dells" right now and when it's done I'll combine "I'll See You When I See You" and "Expect Me When You See Me" into the last book in the Mick and Renee O'Dell Universe.

5-The Strawberry Patch Series - This was an emotional story since it was the first time I fell in love with a character and then killed them off. Man did I catch hell for that. I also got a ton of compliments.

6-Another Dark And Stormy Night - I was sitting in the local library with a few others who write and the person leading the discussion brought up the old cliche of how to start a story. It stuck with me and so I started to write. I sat and thought about it for a few minutes and the whole story popped into my head fully developed. The first chapter was short and each chapter got longer. They each seemed to start out in a similar manner and I got some hate mail to get on with the blasted story. When all was said and done, it became the 6th highest grade of all my stories.

7 - Don't Get Mad - My 2018 NCAA Basketball pool was shot when Virginia lost in the first round. I was mad and then I remembered something my dad said, "Don't Get Mad, Don't Get Even, Get One Up". This story is the result.

8- The Finest Butt I Have Ever Known - This was my first attempt at a sappy love story. I may go back and write the ending in a different way. Down deep, I'm a hopeless romantic. This is proof positive.

9-Have You Ever Had The Feeling That Something Was Going To Happen? - One of my forays into the Cheaters Universe. This just came out of my fingers one afternoon and suddenly there it was. As with many of my stories the payoff is right at the end.

10-ARGH! I don't know. At this point there are so many that come o mind for different reasons. I wrote 2 stories with Nick Scipio's permission as addendums to his "Summer Camp" stories. Both were well received and even the TERB like them.

Then there was what is the one I'm most proud of even thought it's not under my name. When the author Xalir passed away, he left a couple of stories unfinished. I enjoyed his work and his style so when the call went out for authors to finish some of this stories I offered to do one. After reading the beginning of the story, I chatted with the man overseeing the project and he gave me the go ahead and I finished the last seven chapters of Xalir's "Dreamweaver".

So there you have it. Now you can write and tell me I left out your favorite and tell me that I suck. To tell you the truth, if I sit down and do it again, much of the list might change and again the time after that. So that's where I'm gonna drop the mic.

Mick

Hi All

So we come to the end of "On Guard" and another story of a branch of the O'Dell family. I just posted Chapter 30 with some corrections that the damned editing faeries missed the first time.

The Next story is called "There and Back" and although an O'Dell is in the story, I haven't decided yet if he is family or not. As usual, I don't begin posting a story until it's finished.

I still get people pissed that I post once a week, can you imagine if it took three because I couldn't finish a chapter!?

Thanks again for your readership and support.

Mick

Hi All

I got sunburned Friday! Arms and the back of my neck hurt. I'll survive.

One of my readers left a note in the comments that the Prologue for "On Guard" didn't mesh with the story. He was correct so I fixed the Prologue and it will post tonight.

You know, I do this for fun. In many ways it's therapy. So I can blow off the "You suck" comments and the corrections people send are wonderful, event he ones that start off "You suck".

I don't have use of an editor. I usually have time to write late at night when I have to erase large passages like "sssssssssssssssssss" or ";qwrcukt 1v". The first when I nod off with my finger on the "s" key and the second when my forehead hits the keyboard and wakes me up.

I read through every story at least three times per chapter and I catch most of the errors, but the writing faeries still sneak some through. That is why I always appreciate the correction in spelling or diction of when something in a story is just flat out wrong and screws with the narrative.

So thank you readers. Thank you Coullpert. Thank you Prof C. Thank you Michael Loucks. And thank you, especially, to those who write and offer ideas and corrections.

Oh, yeah! You aren't going to believe the next story. I can only blame a total lack of frozen virgin margaritas. I need to take out more tequila!

Mick