Writer Mick: Blog

Hi All

The first two chapters seem to have been well met, Chapter 3 will be posted on Sunday morning for your reading pleasure.

I would like to remind any and all that the story is fully written and the first 9 chapters have been edited. I am not one of those who post a story and write as I post. I've seen too many where the story died when the author ran out of ideas.

I am currently workiing on "The Passion of the O'Dells" and "The Strawberry Patch Book 4 - Babies Please Don't Go". The goal is to finish SW4 and start posting it at the end of "Fortune" and then finish and post "Passion".

I appreciate your readership and again request that you let me know if you like my efforts and if you find any errors that might slip through the proofreaders and editor.

Thank you

Mick

Hi All

The new story begins in the morning. It's a western and tells the story of the start of the O'Dell family fortune. These are the O'Dells from the Mick and Renee stories. We'll follow this branch of the universe from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the century.

Then I'll start a new story that will cover the O'Dells through WW1 and WW2. Then there will be another story taking place during Korea and Viet Nam. Then I'll finish up with a story about the current Mick O'Dell's mother and her history during Viet Nam and in the CIA.

Here's hoping!

Mick

Hi All

With my muse on an indeterminate break, it's a good thing that "The Fortune Of The O'Dells" is in the books. The chapters are being edited by the lovely and talented DaveT. With me, you humble author ignoring his wise guidance too often!

Truth is the new story begins on Sunday and I like it a lot. I hope you do as well. Please don't hold the crazy ramblings of my emptying mind over the past weeks against me.

I promise that you're gonna like this.

Mick

Hi All

Now that I've managed just aggravate the heck out of so many people, it is time to reveal my nefarious plan!

Yes, my muse bailed on me. When we finished "The Fortune Of The O'Dells" which starts posting on Sunday morning, she needed a break. I told her not to worry I was cool with it.

Then I sat down and looked at my unfinished story file and decided to finish some of them. You have seen the results. Now, over the next few days I'll be putting the finishing touches on "I Didn't Cheat On You" and "Pop Goes The Weasel" and "You Seen One, You Seen Them All, More Or Less".

Next week, I hope to see the scores of those change. I don't write for scores, but I do use them as a measure of whether I did what I set out to d when I wrote the stories.

"I Didn't Cheat On You" garnered every possible score from 1 to 10. Now how did I pull that little bit of magic off? By touching a nerve at all ends of the spectrum.

So stay tuned and let's see what happens when a writer swings from both ends of the rainbow!

And thank you for reading, I always appreciate it.

Mick

Hi All

My muse is still on a flyer and my museless writings are slowly coming out.

There have been some really wonderful comments regarding the idea of what I am doing. But let me tell you what I think is going on.

One time my band was playing for free at a fundraiser for a battered women's shelter. We began the song "Afternoon Delight" and I was singing it horribly off key. I announced during a guitar solo that I would continue to sing horribly until we had raised $100.

I was so flat and sharp, and generally doing the vocal equivalent of fingernails on the blackboard, that I raised over $400!

I'm not asking for donations, but if you feel like giving money away, a battered women's shelter is a great place, but I think I need to get the word to my muse that if she doesn't come back soon, the stories could get really bad.

I have one called "Salts" that is begging to be finished and let loose on an unsuspecting public.

If you see my muse let her know, will you.

Thank you

Mick