Writer Mick: Blog

Hi All

Way back in the dark ages of my writing efforts I did a quirky little story that some people hated and many, many people loved.

The story is still one of my favorites and I've read it several times. Each time I read it I was not in a place where I culd make correctons that I found. Over this past week I found time.

When it first appeared, people lost their minds because the first three chapters were short and seemed to be similar and the story didn't seem to be moving anywhere....to them. Then chapter 4 hit and low and behold the comments began to flow. It seemed that everyone was enjoying the story and no one could guess where it was going but they were enjoying the ride.

Now that I've fixed the amateurish run on sentences and a few other things, I am proud to present to you "Another Dark And Stormy Night". It should be the last version until you, my beloved readers find more of my errors and clunky sentences.

I'm hoping that somewhere along the way those who voted it a 1 or 2 or 3 will reevaluate.

Thank you s much for letting me share this writing thing with you.

Mick

Hi All

The last two chapters of The Phlox Kid will be posted on Friday morning.

Why two chapters? And well you may ask.

What was supposed to be the last chapter went on for about 8,000 words and I like to keep my chapters at about 6,000.

Therefore Chapter 12 is only a couple of thousand words.

And in my usual fashion, I do leave room for something to follow.

Don't ask when, cause I don't know any more than you!

Thanks for reading and voting. I'd hoped to surpass the 8 point level but it seems I'm going to be a few hundredths short.

Mick

Hi All

With all the craziness around SOL this week, I almost didn't post Chapter 10 of "The Phlox Kid".

I spent the first part of the week pulling stories that didn't fit Laz's description of what was now going to be allowed here. I was going to spend time seeing if I could rescue them and and then post them again.

Instead there were other developments and so I was able to finish Chapter 10 and get a few thousand words done on Chapter11, which could be the last one in the story.

I don't know why but the western genre seems to have tickled my fancy. And if any of you have ever had your fancy tickled you know how alluring it can be.

Anyway, thank you for reading and voting. The story is almost at a 9!

Mick

Hi All

Scores have been very generous, thank you for that. I've turned on the comments to see if anyone sees where it could be better or to see how big my head can swell from your praise!

Yeah, right!

Mick

Hi All

I've been working my butt off. At my age I supposedly already did that and should have no butt remaining. Surprise!

So I have a new story. It will begin being posted on the morning of Friday Jan 31.

It's called "The Phlox Kid" and it's a western. Should run for 7 or 8 weeks.

Cheers!

Mick