I’m out on the patio working on an edit of the first book I wrote. I knew that there were some flaws with the way it was written, but I had no idea how much I’d learned in the past three years.
That makes me wonder what I don’t know yet. It’s actually fun to find bad prose and fix it up. This blog is full of bad prose on a regular basis, but I don’t heavily edit before publishing it for consumption. That can’t happen when you hope to sell the work to a publisher.
One thing that truly gratifies me is the core of the work in that first book. I’ve always said, and still feel, that this book was given to me by God. I read the good parts and wonder how that phrase or description ever graced the keyboard of a rookie writer. I cannot take credit for the good parts, only responsibility for the bad.
Closing out this week I’d like to gloat about two things and then leave on a high note:
1. Gee, Benghazi seems to be flaring! I’d written that post yesterday long before the news came out about the CIA in Libya. Maybe I do know what I’m talking about in the Arab world. Those who criticized me last fall for my writing – eh, that would be churlish. I’ll just let my contention that the Obama Administration is lying stand on its own. When the Clinton News Network (CNN) turns on a democrat like that there’s trouble afoot…
2. The readership for this crazy blog has doubled again. It seems to be doubling about every three months. We just hit the 40,000 hit per month mark (edited to take out heavy robot traffic) and I’m optimistic that we’ll see 100,000 per month by the end of the year. I thank you, my readers, for putting out the word and telling your friends and associates. The number of tweets and Facebook postings is going up all the time. I realize that you are the ones making this all work.
With that in mind, I’d like to solicit your input about the direction we travel together. I will continue to write two-five times each week, but I’d like to know what sorts of things you’d like to read. There has been a great response to the short stories I’ve done, the humor pieces, and the political stuff. But by far the dog stories are what you all respond to most. Just leave a comment about what you want to see more of on this site and I’ll try and work it in for the future.
My thanks and appreciation to each of you. The journey is just getting interesting and I’m glad you’re along for the trip.
