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Back Against the Wall.

There are moments that when things get really high stress there is a part of me that likes to smile. Like right now, I am trying to get my third victory in game of tomes, there are people chasing me that can beat me, they have the ability to do it, and just need to run a little bit longer. Push a little harder, find another gear despite things not looking my way sometimes, all of it has just to be a little longer, and I can make it.

When my time started in Game of Tomes there was just someone who came and picked me up for their team, an offer that no one else made. Despite professional editors and writers all that was on my resume was some small stories and fan fiction no one liked to read. People seemed to be so proud of what they could do, and part of that insulted me. There never was that sort of pride with me then, and because of it there was a rage that came and gave me a charge that many found hard to fight against. Attempt after attempt was made to be a better writer, and some of the efforts are shown here, some are given away here.

Now, I have been top writer twice, been second twice, beat leaders and writers and editors and are sitting on more books then ever, now so more because the time it takes to release means there is not writing being done, and the focus is the writing and the editing. Ever since my youth there were moments were people would fight until my back was too the wall, where my wrists would be sprained or broken, where my ribs were cracked by shots with baseball bats or pieces of wood. There is something that my friends back then noticed about me.

When it came to the last card, when it came to the point where it was no escape, then I turned into a devil to survive. Some were even scared it despite them being bigger then me. The fact was not that they had been trained and my size was the factor, it was the factor that when there was one way out, there would be no expense spare to make it through. In fact in different circles it is why I am nicknamed Red, or the smiling devil. Those unused to it and had to see me fight would watch as the person who was happy and trying to help them out was painted in his own blood in a brawl and was smiling.

Fun fact, my hair is still long not because it is normal in Portland, because of the scars on my scalp, it looks really scary so the hair keeps it covered up really well. The reason that these moments are brought up is that there is something almost beneficial pushing yourself to those limits in something, even if it is for survival. When something you are so invested in is your goal where anything will be the cost to be paid. You realize how far you can go, and it is always farther then you originally thought. For this round of Game of Tomes, this is where I am. Due to being behind these posts did not get typed until the last day of July.

These are the moments that make me smile. One more fight, one more try, one more goal, one more path, just me and my surroundings against others and their capabilities. No health issues, no problems no handicap, just who can do more and part of me wants it to be me. The other part just smiles knowing if we lose that it was a good fight, and that allows me to sleep. It stands that for individuals no one, not a professional writer, or editor has done more then me and the work that is in my pile is proof of that. This time there was no practice on edits save for the light ones, this was just getting it done.

Backs to the wall facing your enemy seeing the goal behind them. One more fight, one more round, time to see who writes the end of the story on the competition. Let us see if the punk from Forest Grove who got in fights can win one more. Either way I will let you know of the results.

Stay Strong and keep fighting.

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Thoughts on School Senate

So for those who don’t know, I am a school senator for my community college. With everything going, it would be nice if something got easier. Then I had to hear the results from the first week and found two people past me.

Fuck.

When best efforts puts you third.

Welp. Things get hard. You gotta get harder. With everything going on, my body will be made of diamonds for the rest of my life because there is not enough time to do it while everything is still getting done as of writing this, a lot of things are already coming in, and there is little idea what to do although some projects do need to get wrapped up some time and there had been some work done in quite a few things.

People have told me that things will need to take time and that it moves slowly. For those new here, I am the same person most people think would stop breathing if I stopped doing it. Makes this infinitely more difficult because slow means good in some cases, but sometimes things need to get done. With coming back from the pandemic, from going from online only for the most part to bringing people back, there is a lot that needs to be done, and time will be something that will not be friendly.

Agreements are had when something will need to go slow, but there are times one needs to hit the gas and move before one can’t, or one will lose momentum. We cannot have that because we can only be senators for a short time, a year, which means we have to put as much into it as possible. Does anyone else feel like a clock is running too quickly about their work or your projects? Right now, it feels like there is a lot getting done, but to counter the clock is right behind me. What can be done? I wish I knew, but right now, it seems there is movement on all fronts, so in that case, we gonna run for as much as we can til the wheels fall off.

Remember, winter is coming, and that means now more than ever. If you can get extra things to eat in case the power goes out or you have a way to light your fireplace, then now is the time to get it in order. We have had some in storage here, and while you do not need a lot, make sure you have some to rely on in case things go badly.

Stay warm and stay strong.

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Nanowrimo Attempt 2014

So for those reading this I had tried to go and finish nanowrimo with nothing more then an old story a couple pages long and a wonder if I could. Between computer issues, personal issues and other things that made me lose my focus I got to just about 21,000 words. that does not make it a loss it just did not get to my goal in the time allotted so here are some things I learned about this so if any of my readers want to try it they are better equipped.

1. Basic outline – The easiest part of typing the story as far as I did was to take the pages and read them. Normally my writing is very rushed one to the next. Boom, boom, boom. Having an outline set allows you to have a basic form to go by and that form can change as you see fit but you would still at least have the knowledge of where thing a would connect to on thing b even if thing c and b don’t meet you can still make it in to a skeleton you like for your story.

2. Focus – Give yourself some time every day and leave yourself a note, write it in your schedule, give yourself a time where you can just sit down and write it out only coming out in the case of serious emergency or mob en route to your writing spot. In short let everything else go and just let it be.

3. Learn how you work – Often times each person has different things, little nuances that can make their own efforts easier or harder. Like me typing with my big ‘ole ham hands can be hard sometimes unless I either stretch or find a bigger key board which I don’t think exists in many places. Either way, knowing how you work and how to best play off the positives while hiding the negatives will make your writing time more breezy less enraging.

4. Go in with a vision – If it is to get rich selling books then that will be more on the problem of advertising and quality control which you can only do half of that while you write. If you want to finish a full novel as your goal then this is a great way to at least get a jump on it. If you do not do it in thirty days then you will have a major portion complete by the end of the month.

5. Finish the story – Even if you are serious about competing against the dead line then make sure you have everything needed nearby when you write. If you get down about not making the time limit then try to pick yourself up and finish the story. Because the worst thing you can do is leave the story half finished after you put so much work in it.

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