Well done Ken! What a ride. Some brilliant slasher scenes here. May got to me the most though. You can't help but feel compassion for her. The surgeries, the PT, the hospital stays, and the constant pain are all too familiar for so many. It was a very human moment.
Thanks Jennifer. I think this is the first piece that I've loved from the moment of conception. I've read it through a couple times since I hit publish and it still makes me smile. Too bad it got such poor traction but it's a win for me. More than one kind of growth, right?
Right. :) Anything that expands you and keeps you limber as a writer. Writing for yourself is the only guarantee any of us has that someone will like our work, so I think we should go for it.
This means a lot to me, Liz. Yeah, they turned out a little less "sharp" than originally intended. But I'm pleased with what happened along the way. November is still fighting me, but it'll be done in another day or so. Spending some time catching up with the inbox while it comes together!
Stories come at their own pace, lol. This was an ambitious project and you just knocked it out of the park. Definitely sharp! If anything can jog me back into eerie writing and stop my bird-watching distraction, it’s this!
New Year...New favorite. Hands down, the best I've ever read from you, Ken. And in saying that I'm including an awful lot of great writing. I haven't read everything you've ever written but certainly enough to put this one up on the very top of my personal list. You have to be pleased with this. Have to be. Allow yourself to be. Make 2025 a year to remember for yourself and for appreciative readers like me. You are flat out, gifted. - Jim
Thanks Jim! Not for the first time, you've made my day! I still have to add number 11 and I think there will be some edits in the not too distant future (maybe), but overall, yes, I am pleased with this one. Personal growth, maybe? For the first time, I'm not worried about what others might make of it. This was a fast, brutal piece of writing, the sections less structured than my usual pieces, and I loved the creative exercise I set myself. Hell of a way to start off 2025, though!
Happy New Year, by the way. Best wishes for you and yours. I hope everything is well and you got my message. I'm so glad you're back! And rest assured: Out with the Old is saved for a read once I'm done with the day's writing!
You know it's funny (and maddening) but I've written many short stories in a 'can't type fast enough' day, including the half assed attempt at editing...and felt good about them. I've also written short stories that fought me tooth and nail all the way, not for a day or days, but for weeks - until I finally felt good about them. I think - no, I'm actually convinced, it's simply the nature of the terrible beast we call writing. It is what it is, and we really have little control with how it comes together. If it even does. I heard church bells ringing, when you say you weren't worried about what others might make of it. Well, that's easier said than felt for sure of course and I know that worried feeling all too well. However, when you really feel that way and truly have that mindset, I think there is no better gift for a writer. -Jim
Well done Ken! What a ride. Some brilliant slasher scenes here. May got to me the most though. You can't help but feel compassion for her. The surgeries, the PT, the hospital stays, and the constant pain are all too familiar for so many. It was a very human moment.
Thanks Jennifer. I think this is the first piece that I've loved from the moment of conception. I've read it through a couple times since I hit publish and it still makes me smile. Too bad it got such poor traction but it's a win for me. More than one kind of growth, right?
Right. :) Anything that expands you and keeps you limber as a writer. Writing for yourself is the only guarantee any of us has that someone will like our work, so I think we should go for it.
Brilliant! A brutal kickoff to 2025, Ken Flyingheart at his best. Looking forward to number 11. These “cuts” really made me squirm!
This means a lot to me, Liz. Yeah, they turned out a little less "sharp" than originally intended. But I'm pleased with what happened along the way. November is still fighting me, but it'll be done in another day or so. Spending some time catching up with the inbox while it comes together!
Stories come at their own pace, lol. This was an ambitious project and you just knocked it out of the park. Definitely sharp! If anything can jog me back into eerie writing and stop my bird-watching distraction, it’s this!
New Year...New favorite. Hands down, the best I've ever read from you, Ken. And in saying that I'm including an awful lot of great writing. I haven't read everything you've ever written but certainly enough to put this one up on the very top of my personal list. You have to be pleased with this. Have to be. Allow yourself to be. Make 2025 a year to remember for yourself and for appreciative readers like me. You are flat out, gifted. - Jim
Thanks Jim! Not for the first time, you've made my day! I still have to add number 11 and I think there will be some edits in the not too distant future (maybe), but overall, yes, I am pleased with this one. Personal growth, maybe? For the first time, I'm not worried about what others might make of it. This was a fast, brutal piece of writing, the sections less structured than my usual pieces, and I loved the creative exercise I set myself. Hell of a way to start off 2025, though!
Happy New Year, by the way. Best wishes for you and yours. I hope everything is well and you got my message. I'm so glad you're back! And rest assured: Out with the Old is saved for a read once I'm done with the day's writing!
You know it's funny (and maddening) but I've written many short stories in a 'can't type fast enough' day, including the half assed attempt at editing...and felt good about them. I've also written short stories that fought me tooth and nail all the way, not for a day or days, but for weeks - until I finally felt good about them. I think - no, I'm actually convinced, it's simply the nature of the terrible beast we call writing. It is what it is, and we really have little control with how it comes together. If it even does. I heard church bells ringing, when you say you weren't worried about what others might make of it. Well, that's easier said than felt for sure of course and I know that worried feeling all too well. However, when you really feel that way and truly have that mindset, I think there is no better gift for a writer. -Jim
These are some delightfully dark tales, reminds me of classic slashers at times