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1/24/2019

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Hello. There is no truth to the rumor that "hello" is a shortened version of "Hell, no!" and altered from a negative to a positive. No truth at all.
This is going to be even shorter than usual. I have things to do. The Missus and I are going on vacation to someplace warm and we have various preparatory tasks to perform.
I have finally got through the tough part of the fantasy novel. When I first conceived this story, most of my ideas—hold for a moment. Let me explain something.
I jokingly refer to my writing creation by saying that I think up great fight scenes, and great love scenes, and then figure out a story to include them. That's not really accurate, but writing those scenes is a big part of what I enjoy about writing.
So, when I began thinking about this story, mostly what I thought about were the battles, skirmishes, conflicts, and weapons-based disagreements, all in the fantasy world.
But the story needed to be started with what occurs in this world. The end of this first volume will end there, too. But I had not conceived a lot of that part of the story, so telling it has been a struggle.
But now I've finished that part...at least, the first or second draft. Now my protagonists have made their way to the fantasy world and the action can begin.
Fight scenes will be plentiful. Love scenes, not so much. Three of my four published novels, plus the paranormal romance/thriller, Saving Atlantis, that may not be published for many months, have fairly intimate love scenes—erotica. Witchery had reference to sexual episodes, but no portrayal. This was primarily to keep it more appropriate for a larger audience. Although Witchery is written to be enjoyed by any fantasy fan of any age, I especially wanted it to appeal to girls thirteen years and up. Erotica wouldn't fit that goal. So, while love-making is referred to, it is not described.
The same will be true of Lying Swords. The romantic details have already been established for the two main characters.
I'm not planning to have a lot of graphic violence, either. Prophecy of Honor and Witchery have scenes where blood is spilled in copious amounts and other forms of violent death are described with loving detail. Not this time...probably. Something might happen that will call for that. But I'm not planning it right now. Stories tend to write themselves to some extent, and I never know for sure where the characters and their unique circumstances might take me.
But isn't it odd, in this country especially, that graphic violence can be doled out without concern for the effects upon children and young adults, but love-making and sex will be censored from the eyes of those same young people?
Maybe you could ask yourself, and others, why that is. Those of you that get any answers are more than welcome to provide them to us here, on the contact page or on the comments tag at the bottom of this blog.
Thank you all. Please drive and walk carefully on the snow and ice while keeping in mind that others may not.

Also, I've posted an excerpt from Prophecy of Honor on my Face Book page, F.G.Waiss, Author
 
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IN THE BEGINNING...of 2019

1/10/2019

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Hello, and welcome to my first blog post of 2019.
As usual, I'll mention the personal trials, tribulations, and positives on the personal level first.
2019 is starting out with an ominous trend. Less than two full weeks into the year, and I've had to take my wife to the hospital twice. The first was a five-night stay for an infection. The second was what looks like a two-night stay (she's there now) for complications from her diabetes. Those two episodes have put the kibosh on our planned visit with our granddaughter. And oddly, that may not be so bad because she has been having her own health issues.
The good news on the writing front is that Page and Spine (
www.pagespineficshowcase.com) will publish my poem "A Brand New Man", tomorrow, Friday, January 11th. I hope you will read it along with the rest of that issue.
If you're new to this blog or just because it bears repeating, Page and Spine is a free read that pays their authors. The publish a new issue every Friday, and each one contains a continuing serial, "Coffee House Chatter" plus a new short story, one or more new poems, observations on writing, and in the tab "The Reading Lamp" you may find a story, poetry, or an essay. One of the best sources of new literature  on the internet.
To get back to where I left off last time, I have some decisions to make regarding the fantasy series I'm beginning.
There are two types of series. The one type is just like a normal television series. The same characters, plus often one or two guest characters, have a different story every week. This type is especially favored in mystery or crime novels. Earl Stanley Gardner and Rex Stout were two such, featuring Perry Mason and Nero Wolfe, respectively. Doyle's Sherlock Holmes was another. Other well-known series are The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew.
Now, C. Hope Clark has two such series and Anne R. Allen has one, too. And both those authors also publish newsletters or blogs to help writers.
But in fantasy, the other type of series is more common—the very long single story that takes three or more books to tell, and designed to do it that way. I've mentioned King's Dark Tower series before, and that's one example. The Swords of Shanara trilogies and the Thomas Covenant trilogies are other examples, plus, of course, Anthony Wedgeworth's six-book Altered Creatures series. And David Eddings wrote at least three different fantasy series. All of these fantasy series I've mentioned, I recommend.
This was the story I had in mind when I decided to write one. But now I'm playing around with the idea of writing the other kind. Each novel would feature the same main characters: four protagonists so far. The antagonists might change from novel to novel, or reappear, as seems appropriate.
If any of you have any suggestions or preferences, please let me know, either here on my website or on my Facebook author's page at F.G.Waiss, Author.
In the meantime, I'll see what I can get accomplished.
You all please do the same, and, as Gary Moore signed off his shows, be kind to each other.
Be well, and be well-read.
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