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  Writing Sample from the Prose The following was written for a writing challenge on theprose.com. The prompt was as follows: Grey Wall  Check out the original over at  Grey Wall . Grey Wall Towering over everything was the Grey Wall. For a thousand generations the Grey Wall had separated the worlds, looming above each in silent threat of what lay on the other side. Looming in the heart of the unchosen. No being had every crossed the Wall. No human would try for the abject terror it brought the imagination. Even the birds, circling and wheeling about the azure sky would not cross the line of demarcation. The Wall meant safety and the Wall meant death. Zenyassa did not care for safety and she did not fear death. She was Unchosen. What did it matter? What was life without the risk of losing it? She could not feel alive sitting before a thatch hut milling grain while the men of her village hunted wild yissana beasts. Their hunt brought them adventures and risk for the great ...
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WTF? You're not an Alcoholic? I'm offended!

 

This is me pretending to be an Instagram doing something interesting...

    Guess what? I'm not really an alcoholic, though I have every right to be. Everyone is offended about everything these days, so I don't care. I won't go out of my way to offend you, but if I do...oh well. 
All of the blog writing advice says something about making catchy post titles or trying to be different than everyone else in a very crowded market. I doubt I will accomplish one or both of those things (my title is kind of catchy). Honestly, I am not entirely sure what I am trying to accomplish here. Maybe I will figure that out as I go along. 
Maybe you can help me?
Have you been drawn in by my BS yet?

    The first idea in doing this blog thing is to write more. I need to write more, even if it is shitty. I need to write every day to practice the craft and get better. Every writing advice website says the same thing. 

The second idea is that by expressing my issues and frustrations I will be able to overcome them. As I encounter a new issue, I will probably do a post and share my experience and it could just be a stream of consciousness. It may not be the right way or the way that works for you. 

No proof of concept yet...

The third idea is to get my name out there and eventually link this blog to an author website if I ever manage to finish writing something.  

A potential fourth idea would be to network and get advice from fellow writers and published authors. I don't care if you write in secret and never share your work or if, by some miracle, you are an author who has published piles of books (or you ghost authors have...looking at you James Patterson). I'd like advice and input from any of you, especially if you are going through the same problems as I am. In my next post, I will delve into those problems with writing and into myself. 

    Occasionally, based on my ADD tendencies, I will through in a post bout something that is not directly applicable to writing a novel...that depends on perspective. I travel for work, sometimes to exotic locations (not recently due to the COVID) and want to share the experience. I have a myriad of interests and will probably muse about them as well. 

Who doesn't like to throw tomahawks? 

Deal with it.

There is a difference between political correctness and just having manners. 

Criticism should be constructive and that is the only kind I will take here. If you want to troll or be destructive you can fuck right on off. There is probably a whole list of other things that this blog won't be about and that is a long one, so I won't share that shit here. 

For now, God bless you and God bless the USA (and any other country viewing this with their respective deity).

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