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News and Announcements (last 5 items.)
8/21/08 - Not much new to report. I do have a good story idea being milled about some, just working on developing some of the characters. We'll see if it actually goes anywhere. Considering school starts on Monday, I wouldn't count on it, but you never know. (Updated: Currently Reading)
8/2/08 - I have gotten around to reviewing a little bit in the past few days, which has been nice. Took down Collabowrite Project V1. Although it generated good buzz, it wasn't a lot of buzz, and I wasn't able to stick with my part of getting the project actually up and running. I stil want to, but it'll have to be put on hold for a while. Also removed the currently socializing section of my profile. (updated: Currently Listening)
7/21/08 - So much for that writing hiatus... I ended up working a second job for a few months, and then going back to school, both while working full time at my original job. It's been too long since I've been gone, but I'm affraid I don't see a return coming soon. I will try though. Perhaps with something new, perhaps back on Oblivion. (updated: Currently Listening, Currently Watching, Currently Reading, Currently Playing.)
12/28/07 - At the beginning of the new year I'll be taking a review hiatus. Why? To write! It bugs me that I update like every two, sometimes three weeks. Mostly, this is because I have nothing written already - I'm writing those chapters as I go, updating once I think they are acceptable enough. I plan to write a lot of it (it being Oblivion,) most of it hopefully, over the first couple months of the new year. Once that's done, it's just the more detailed editing I need to do, but the core content will be done. So, once the core content is done, I'll begin reading and reviewing everyone again, with weekly-ish updates for my own work. A happy middle ground. :)
I will try to drop a couple updates during the two month write-fest, so that the story doesn't get left behind too much.
(updated: Currently Listening)
12/25/07 - Merry Christmas! Chapter 4 of Oblivion is complete, and going through revisions and edits to prepare for posting. (updated: Currently Listening, Currently Reading)
Check out softlycryingrain's amazing poem regarding finding something to write about: http://www.fictionpress.com/read.php?storyid=1740452
Currently Reading: Sould Music by Terry Pratchet and Civil War Stories by Ambrose Bierce. Just finished Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz.
Currently Watching: Heroes: Season 2 (again, S3 about to come out)
Currently Listening: Love Me Dead - Ludo Greatest Hit (and 21 other pretty cool songs) - Dream Theater, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack - Sixx: A.M., The Fall of Ideals - All That Remains
Currently Playing: World of Warcraft, Civilization IV
Favorite Lines & Quotes:
"What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination." - Zig Ziglar
Works I've Posted - Presently, all works are in a state of suspension.
Dawn of Oblivion - no currently planned updates - I had posted this a while back, but never finished it and decided it could benefit from a re-write. That's what this is. I'm not sure I plan to continue this story at this point, but I hope you enjoy what has been written thus far.
Blackout - one shot- This piece is obviously incomplete as a work, but I don't know that I'll ever finish it. I wanted to write, so I did. I wasn't yet ready to develop a story and start a large work, so I just wrote some of what came to my mind and refined it over a couple days. What resulted is Blackout. I did not intend to continue this, but everyone seems to want to know what happens next, so I'm considering looking to see if I can find a way make a good story out of this brief interaction. However, between two jobs and Dawn of Oblivion, I don't really have the time to devote to it right now.
A Series of Miracles - no planned updates - A pair of short stories I wrote. The main focus is the magic that binds the love between two people.
A Moment of Truth poem - My first (and so far only) poem that was written to my wife (girlfriend at the time) a few years ago.
I invite you to please read and review the people listed on my favorite authors. Most of these folks review in kind, and their stories/poems are worth checking out. Do not pay much attention to my favorite stories, as that is generally what I use to keep track of what I'm currently reading. My to-do list, as it were. I wish you all the best in your writing, and look forward to sharing a great many adventures with you.
~Barbados
On a side note, please be aware that while I definately want to be a good writer, I'm not here with the ultimate goal of improving my writing and becoming published. I do want to correct any errors any of you may find, and write well, of course. Mostly, I just want to provide entertainment, and see others enjoying what I have written. Please drop a review, even if there is absolutely no CC, and you just wanted to say you enjoyed it. As I said, that's why I write - for others to enjoy, and I want to know that they are, because it makes me feel good.
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