A little, sneak-preview, if anyone's interested, in my novella. Still waiting for the cover as patiently as I can. (The artist isn't late or anything; I've been going crazy since I placed the order.)

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A little something to enjoy before Halloween.

So, I tried my hand at writing my own translation of one of my favorite passages in the Bible.

1 The words of the Preacher, son of David, King in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher. Vanity of vanities; the whole is vain.
3 What is left over for man in all his toil in which he toils under the sun?
4 A generation comes and a generation goes; but the earth remains forever.
5 And the sun rises, and the sun goes [down]; And to his place, there he strives to rise.
6 Going to the South, returning to the North—turning, turning, the wind goes; And over its turning, the wind returns.
7 All the rivers run into the sea, but the sea is not full.
[From] the place where the rivers run, there they return to run.
8 All these words are tiresome. Man cannot utter [it].
The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled by hearing.
9 That which is is that which will be, and that which is done is that which will be done; and there is nothing wholly new under the sun.
10 Where is...

More Chesterton today. Another short one. Please enjoy.

How are the WIPs going?

I hope you all had a happy Halloween. I took the Friday after the festivities off and was able to spend the first half of my day writing. Anyone who follows me on the app formerly known as Twitter might have noticed that on that day the police locked down my street because of an ongoing manhunt. It was less exciting than it sounds. I think I saw part of a car chase before the Sheriff's office sent out warnings for everyone to shelter at home until the situation was resolved.

Despite all that excitement, I was able to get a lot of work done on my Eden story. I haven't reviewed any of it yet, so it may be crap, but that's still good. Editing comes later, but you have to have something to edit.

Anyway, the only other project I'm giving any attention to right now is the narrative poem I mention now and again. It's a wild beast that has grown far too long; never seeming to get to the ending that I have had in my head since its inception, it has now surpassed in ...

How are the WIPs going?

Well, it's Halloween this week. It seems like a somewhat successful October as I've got two of my horror stories published this spooky season as well as, I hope, putting up some good material on my own blog full of ghosts and ghouls of all types.

With all that said, I have been facing a sense of terrible want. I remonstrate with myself, outlining how I've achieved what I've set out to this month, and yet I find myself unhappy.

Writing has long been a sort of therapy for me, but I fear it is no substitute.

I hope your writing is going well. Please share something of what you're working on.

Have a happy Halloween.

How are the WIPs going?

Well, I've almost finished going through my old manuscript. I had been fairly sparse with naming my chapters. So, I made it a rule to give each chapter missing a tittle a tittle after reading it; whether good or bad, I felt that that would be a little thing I could do as I reviewed what was already written. Anyway, now it is getting to the end, three more chapters, but life is getting in the way of my writing yet again.

Work is sending me off on a long commute, and it's going to cut into any writing time I have. I'll manage, I always do, but this is the longest drive I've ever had to make for my job.

Anyway, keep writing. Let me know how your WIPs are going.