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I will be editing these stories before I send them in (excluding the Grok ones, which I've already sent) as well as potentially two more stories that I'm working on at the moment-
Winterbliss, which I'm writing for exercise (I'm going to try to periodically write short stories to keep the cogs turning); and
The Whispering Realm (working title), which is a short fantasy story for a University assignment due next week (yalp!).

So these are occupying a lot of my time at the moment, although I've still got a keen interest in a few other projects of mine, including two novels-
The Wishing Tree, based off the short story set in a sort of totalitarian steampunk city; and
The Wilder Saga, based loosely off the Butcher of Krankhafte and A Note For Elizabeth, it takes these supernatural/horror aspects of fiction and twists them into an epic sci-fi/fantasy which will lead up to a cataclysmic war.

I'm probably also going to write another horror story for halloween this year, I'd love a chance to top my efforts from last year with the Delusion Duology.

And one last note; All of the fiction, poetry and prose that I've written and horded over the past year and a half/two years has accumulated to around 80,000 words. Which, going by estimates here, would probably convert to about the length of a 200-300 page book. At the moment, I'm working part time and studying full time, so I'm really proud that I'm able to churn out this amount of writing and be satisfied by the quality. Hopefully, someday I'll try to get a creative writing scholarship and I'll be able to do this on a more dedicated level, and hopefully do something with those novels in progress.

Now, I'm not sure how many of you are actively interested in my writing and my progress, although I'm aware of a few online friends and occasional admirers (would it be too much to use the word "fans"? :3), I thought someone here may be interested in where I am at the moment on a literary standpoint.

EDIT: Just added a poem to my alt account; Waterbed. I wrote it on a whim.

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Sep. 16, 2009 | 1:46 AM groundpwndr says:

I am happy you are happy. Not to be a stick in the mud, but a person should be able to yarn a 500 pager almost every few months. Those people of course are sticking strictly to one world that they have created. You seem to be all over the place.
Also, give some thought in your hectic and busy life for next year's Power of Four, where there will be a story writer or script partner. That is what I heard. You will do well to brace yourself for the influx of PM's/
Good stuff.

Sep. 16, 2009 | 2:01 AM WritersBlock responds:

500 pages in a few months? That's a little much, if you ask me. Stephen King's the only one I can think of who can accomplish that. There are probably others, but I doubt there'd be many, or many good writers like that. There's an author I admire called David Zindell. He wrote some really brilliant sci-fi books, 600-800 pages each. Took a few years for each one. I guess you'd writea lot faster if you were a professional novelist by career, but, I mean, J.R.R Tolkien took well over a decade to write The Lord Of The Rings. Last month, I think it was, I was able to write about 20 pages in around a fortnight, but that was a real cram.

But yes, I do agree that I am a little all over the place, although I am able to pull things together nicely when the time comes (I'm glad to say that my creative writing tutor pointed this out to me last week), but I guess it's all the short stories here and there, rather than going with some larger, more ambitious works solidly. Well, that's my studies getting in the way there.

Thanks. I think the next few years will be really exciting for me.

Sep. 23, 2009 | 4:14 PM Magik-Waffle says:

I love writing too, but I have writers block (lol). I love fiction; sci-fi, historical fiction, sci-fi, whatever. I especially love ideas with deep intertwining plot lines. Even the Metal Gear Solid series holds amazing writing and story. I wanna get better and whatnot. What do you suggest I do?

Also, are you in college? If so, where, and are you involved with writing there? You going for journalism? What year are you? Sorry for all the questions. :3

Later.

Sep. 23, 2009 | 10:41 PM WritersBlock responds:

In Australia, we call it University. I go to Curtin University of Technology here in Perth. I'm in my first year of Creative Writing, with Literary and Cultural Studies as my minor. The course runs for three years.

As for writing tips, I'd say, have confidence in yourself. Show your writing to friends, family, teachers, strangers, get your writing circulating. Read as much as you can. Reading is great experience. Try to write as regularly as you can, especially when you're stuck. Try to run with simple ideas if you're lost for good ideas. Take a simple theme, such as 'musician' or 'early childhood' or 'foreign land' and just write and just extrapolate. The more you write the less you're likely to incur writer's block, from what I've found from experience.

Sep. 23, 2009 | 4:16 PM Magik-Waffle says:

Also, I play bass and make only decent techno songs. I love techno, but I love jamming on my bass too. I have a band but they don't respect me because, well, I'm the bassist. :P What do you play, if anything?

Sep. 23, 2009 | 10:42 PM WritersBlock responds:

Lol yeah, the bass doesn't have a huge credibility, which is sad. I used to play classical guitar, now I occasionally jam around by myself. Also, classical piano, which I transferred on to keyboard, and now I produce electronic music with a small collection of synthesizers.