September short, coming right up!
Keep an eye open on my Shorts! blog Monday night. That’s the night I post September’s story!
Earlier this week I found my cache of stories from way back when. Turns out they were on my wife’s computer in the old, failing hard drive that I left hooked up in case we thought of anything we still needed off of it. I’m sure glad it’s not completely gone yet!
I took one of my earlier stories and revamped it a little – well, a lot. For me, editing and revising an old story is similar to the definition of home remodel in Atlanta: tear it down to the slab and start all over again. This particular story I wrote ten years ago. The foundation of it is still there, but I tore down the walls and rebuilt them, even added a second story. When you read it, you’ll see what I’m talking about. Hint: second story isn’t figurative.
You know, ten years ago I thought I was a really good writer. Now that I look back at the way I wrote back then, I … man, that’s bad! I used to write like that? I did have the knack for painting a scene back then, always have, but I was using a sub-quality brush. The way I write now – it’s amazing the difference I tell you – is like comparing a Rembrandt to a first grader’s finger painting.
Anyway, I drove the final nail in last night and finished the story I began a decade ago and e-mailed it off to my editor. Keep an eye out!
