Baby Steps

Lately I've been taking steps to get myself published. I've removed one of my stories from Fictionpress.com, a site where I've displayed my work. The story in question is called 'Misbegotten'. Despite the emo sounding title it all makes sense. It's a story about a nerd in the 1970s who discovers the company that helped pay for his college is run by a vampire who wishes to turn him into a vampire, all for a very simple reason: he needs someone who is up to date on current technology to help him with the company! It's a pretty funny story, John is a hilarious character and a decent number of people can relate to him. I may write about fantastical supernatural creatures but I try to never forget that deep down they're all people.

It's really scary for me to do all this too. I'm going to have to present my work to people who matter and their rejection will of course hurt. Rejection and I have never really gotten along. I have a crippling fear of being disliked or thought poorly of and here I am moving into the competitive world of writing. I see tears in my future! Oh well. Everyone faces rejection and I have to keep telling myself that I can do it. Heck all I need to do is look at some of the published books out there, some of them even bestsellers, to know that I have a chance. It's all about getting my foot in the door. I'm fairly confident that when I do get published I can be successful, its just the getting there part that'll be hard.

However despite the steps I've made I've hit a wall pretty hard. Over the last week I keep trying to write and end up staring blankly at the screen for awhile. Typically I eventually give up in dejection and go play Warriors Orochi. Nothing like slaughtering hundreds of enemies to blow off some steam. Personally I'm a huge fan of the Warriors series. First their was Dynasty Warriors then Samurai Warriors then they felt like 'Hey, we got these two franchises why not throw them together?'. I should mention that Dynasty Warriors takes place in the three kingdoms period of China and Samurai Warriors takes place in the Sengoku era of Japan. It's a fun mix though and I love seeing all my favorite characters on screen.

Kotaro is my favorite:


Not the most historically accurate image ever. Doesn't matter though I find him dead sexy. On a similar note apparently I am attracted to an unusual type of man. I mentioned the other day to a pair of male friends that I thought Ron Pearlman was dead sexy and one of them was shocked and confused. Well I think he's hot!! His voice alone makes me melt. Typically I find most 'hot' guys in Hollywood to well... either not be hot or meh ok. Oh well.

Now to attempt to get some writing done. Wish me luck.