Well everybody, I'm about 10 days away from my wedding. If I could accurately describe how excited I am, I'd try. Unfortuantely, at this point, that would be a pretty fruitless effort. We'll just say I'm jacked beyond belief.I realized that, after the wedding is over, I will have much more "free time" than I've had the past three months. Because when you are trying to pull off an elaborate wedding with only three months to plan it, you don't really have much free time.
I have decided to invest a much larger portion of this free time into my personal writing. For which reasons, I'm not yet entirely sure. I partially want to collect my poetry and a short story or two into a small book that I'd sell at what I believe to be a fairly low cost. I partially want to write a book that couples my writing with my future wife's excellent photography skills. And I partially want to work for Marvel Comics in some capacity in the next few years and, whether I'm an editor or a writer, I will need to have demonstrated a skill set in the craft of writing.
I have written a few short stories at this point, but the one I've probably worked hardest on is currently languishing in my computer's back alleys of folders and files. If I know you and you have ANY interest whatsoever in reading this short story (titled "Little Lucy"), leave a comment with your contact info and I'll most likely send it your way. I'm beyond the fear of sharing what I write (which is a good start), but haven't determined the best platform/avenue for sharing it with larger groups of people. For now, I'll share it through this blog and see if other people are interested from there.
As a warning, "Little Lucy" is by no means a pleasant story to read. It's pretty violent, pretty graphic, and somewhat terrifying. Just ask Hugh Weber. He's read it. He was...caught off guard. He swears the title character was based on his daughter. That's only 5-10% true though.
Like I said, leave a comment or hit me up some other way (email: mike.billeter at gmail.com, Twitter: @mikebilleter, etc.) and I'll most likely share it with you. However, if I don't know you and have never heard of you, I might not share it. Since it's not published yet, I'd rather wait to share it with complete strangers until I've had a chance to get it published somewhere online or in print.
Thanks everybody. Expect more writing (and personal thoughts) on this blog soon.
-Mike
Photo ("Shadow of a Writing Hand") c/o john norton. Thanks john!
4 comments:
Fire it over! I'd love to read it. merritt.matt@gmail.com.
If you're looking for a way to share your work and get feedback, check out the #FridayFlash tag (Flash Fiction = less than 1,000 words) on Twitter.
I like to write in my free time, too, and I share with the Friday Flash community (I use a different Twitter account, @1block). I put my stuff on www.mdmerritt.blogspot.com. Everyone's really supportive, and it's a cool way to get to know other writers.
Matt -
First of all, thanks for reading the blog post and having an interest in the story. I definitely appreciate it. It will be promptly sent your direction.
Second of all, Thanks for the heads up on the Friday Flash community stuff. That's a great idea and if you (or any other readers of this blog) have other places where I could get involved with writing communities, I'd love to know about them. Thanks for passing that along. I'll definitely keep up with your blog from here on out as well.
Stay true.
Yo - I'll take a read. If you send it to me before you publish it, I can take credit for all the good parts.
m!les - I did end up sending you this, right?
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