Writing the unwritten

When I hoped to write a story during my much younger days, it was always a nice science fiction story along the same lines of many of the familiar published stories and even TV series.  I'd get a story worked up in my head, write down a title, maybe even put down a few paragraphs...  the lose interest, or not know really where to go with a story.

Who knew that the one book I'd actually put together wouldn't be for the general science fiction audience, but for a more adult audience.  In fact, who knew I'd ever put down on "paper" what I had only ever fantasized about.

But, I've actually started just that.  The first draft wasn't something I ever thought I would actually flesh out, such as I have, or that I would take time to write some of the stories/scenarios I enjoyed in my head all this time.  So, I've decided to post the fleshed out version, as well as the Author's Note of a hopefully published collection of short, adult, stories.  There are now almost 3 stories completed, with a couple of intermission "musings between them, on top of what you see in my gallery.

At first, I thought maybe grouping a series of books by genre.  But after seeing two of the stories one after the other, they seemed almost, though not quite, repetitive.  A family reunion story, followed by a school reunion story, then possibly another school reunion story and a couple of reunions with old co-workers.  Somehow mixing the genres in each book allows a better appearing diversity.  A reunion story, a horror story, then an ancient world fantasy story, then sci fi, then perhaps a dark drama.  And do this among about 3 or 4 books.

I really can't believe I've already written over 100 pages in the first book alone, and I expect at least another 100 pages before I publish the first book.

Of course, I also get rather chatty and raging in a certain section before the Author's note where I put the bit about this being a work of fiction and how only adults who can tell the difference between fiction and reality should even think of reading these stories.  I have a very low opinion of those, including those claiming to be experts, who try to claim if you are exposed to and have an interest in fiction, that you must want the events of the fictional stories to be real.  Fiction and reality are two separate things and the two shall never be one, regardless of how mundane the fiction might bee.  So, frankly, those making such claims are less tethered to the real world than those fantasizing about extreme acts.  Individuals with real mental illness can't tell the difference between fiction and reality and act upon it.  Not everyone who reads fiction is mentally ill.

Now I've had my say on that.

There are a lot of shout outs both in the DeviantArt community and elsewhere that have fed my interests in these subjects.  You'll see a number of them in my Favorites sections.  There are also authors in the Amazon Kindle marketplace that have influenced some of my writing.  It is in fact Amazon Kindle marketplace where I'll be publishing my stories.