Good morning, Houston! With April behind me, what to do next?
I am the Mad Houstonian...
I like to write.
Always have, I guess, ever since I was in Elementary School (early 70's), then Junior High and High School (mid/late 70's), writing book reports, then letters to the editor of the local paper.
Writing Star Trek fan fiction for my eyes only, and letters to the editor of the local paper was followed, in college, by a fictional piece written for a criminal justice class and, as my interest in comics grew, letters to them as well, plus letters to political magazines.
Unexpectedly, an essay written in a failed attempt to get a subscription to a Trek Fanzine, led to my 1st published work (unpaid) in a popular Trek book Anthology.
For various reasons none of that ever translated into a career path.
Joining the online discussion through message boards in 1998, then becoming a blogger (2002), rekindled the urge to write.
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I have discovered that not only was I a storyteller, and a humorist, but a poet, essayist, reviewer, journalist, photographer, and more....not only in my own voice (2 closed blogs came before this one), but those of my feline muses (The Opinionated Pussycats).
For over a decade several friends have encouraged me to continue my adventure in writing and maybe explore the possibility of publication somewhere down the road, earning some money with my ability.
I turned 60, in March...I am officially an "Old Coot".
Maybe the time is now, at last? I ain't gettin' any younger.
I read somewhere that we are always afraid to start something that we want to make very good, true and serious.
Rita Mae Brown once wrote: "Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts."
I once trusted myself to write something very special, over many chapters and many months.
Those stories were glorious, but I didn't know enough to save them for the future and regret it to this day (This was back when I had only had a computer for 3 years, before blogging was even a thought).
I have been afraid to try to re-write the series from scratch. It's been over 20 years, now.
I mean, how does one top the best writing he's ever done?
Write something that is even better, and finally get the courage to submit it somewhere, for one thing....more on that, below.
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