About me:

I am a 22 year old Senior in college currently working on getting my Bachelor's Degree in English with a focus on Professional Editing. I hope to eventually get into editing as a full time job after I get out of college, or at the very least get a job in the publishing field. Along the way I also plan on getting at least a few books published, but in the meantime I'm just writing for fun and to stay in practice.

Detailed critiques of any stories I put up are greatly appreciated, as are short reviews indicating what worked for you and what you felt did not work. If you submit a review for one of my stories I will do my best to submit a review for at least one of your works as soon as I get a chance.

Also, I have recently gotten onto both Twitter and Facebook, I will do my best to update both with what I am currently working on at the moment. Looking for fellow writers to friend and follow cause we all need someone to bounce ideas off of sometimes.
Facebook: Derrick Bartane
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DerrickBartane

Beta Reading:

I am once again taking Beta Reading requests. Editing is one of my greatest passions, and I intend to continue accepting requests until I get several serious writers who are willing to accept honest feedback and constructive criticism. The exact number of authors who I will be willing to Beta will of course depend on my schedule and the quantity of writing that I will have to read through, decisions for cutoffs will be based on a first come first serve basis.

Current Works In Progress:

Angel Song: Info coming soon

Gatekeepers: Info coming soon

Power of the Shadows: Mainly focusing on overall revision, but will hopefully be updating on a fairly regular basis. This story has been a slow, often revised project with which I currently have a very unstable love/hate relationship. This is the first full length story that I have ever attempted to write, and I fully intend to finish it. With luck, I should actually complete it within my lifetime.

Current status: Writing Chapter 16

Journal of an Unstable Insomniac: This story is comprised of excerpts from my actual journal organized into a barely coherent plot. I have no expectations for finishing this story on any specific time schedule, however I have had enough positive feedback about the chapters that I have put up so far that I will continue updating when I have enough material for another chapter.

Current status: On temporary hiatus.

Finished Works:

If a poem is uploaded to this site, it is because I am done with additions and edits to the poem and I no longer want to deal with it. I must admit that this by no means signifies that these poems are completed or polished works, I simply have much more patience for dealing with my stories than my poetry.

If you submit feedback for my poetry I welcome it, however I want to be honest and admit that there is a much smaller chance that I will go back and edit my poems to reflect and criticism I receive.