I haven't written on this blog for a while. I thought I'd let people know what I'm up too.
I've written eight chapters of 'Blanc Raven Creek' the life story of Kevin 'Copper Head' Beals and his wife Victoria. It take place in Dawson City.
Chapter seven is about SAS trainees parachuting into the Yukon's wilderness for an endurance exercise. Darren lands in the Hart River and becomes separated from the others. He now has to survive on his own.
At the same time Kevin Beals and two friends are prospecting in the area and their paths cross with Darren's a couple of times. Darren eventually stumbles into their camp and is rescued. A year later Darren leaves the SAS and England to live in Dawson. He found something in his lost travels and wants to explore it more.
The Antigonish Review Annual Poetry/Fiction Contest closed May 29, 2015. I rewrote 'The Beer Bottle Man' and submitted that. The three finalists will be announced in September.
I sent out about 80 packages of the novels 'The Only Prison' and 'People of the Yukon' last January. I received three inquiries and requests for the full MS.
Thisteldown Press wrote, "Thanks for letting Thistledown have a read of your short stories. They have a texture and emotional quality that prompt us to ask to read the entire manuscript. If not being considered by another publisher please send a copy at your earliest convenience."
I'm also working on another short story called 'Mother Russia'. I actually took it from a longer story in 'The Only Prison' and shortened it. Maxim Blok is given ten years in the gulag for stealing. In prison he is befriended by Vlad Gorev who is the boss of the prisoners. The conditions are brutal until a fair minded new warden arrives. The guards do not like his enlightened views of how a prison should be run and plot to have him discredited and sent back to Moscow.
The warden, Abram Ozerov is fair and enlightened but he knows how to fight fire with fire and plots to remove the head guard Anatoly Yemelin. He employes Vlad and Vlad employes Maxim.
I have a new program that checks my writing. Apparently I write in the passive voice because it comes up all the time. Then there is the squinting modifier which I refuse to learn about or understand.
Best wishes and stay out of the Gulag,
David
I've written eight chapters of 'Blanc Raven Creek' the life story of Kevin 'Copper Head' Beals and his wife Victoria. It take place in Dawson City.
Chapter seven is about SAS trainees parachuting into the Yukon's wilderness for an endurance exercise. Darren lands in the Hart River and becomes separated from the others. He now has to survive on his own.
At the same time Kevin Beals and two friends are prospecting in the area and their paths cross with Darren's a couple of times. Darren eventually stumbles into their camp and is rescued. A year later Darren leaves the SAS and England to live in Dawson. He found something in his lost travels and wants to explore it more.
The Antigonish Review Annual Poetry/Fiction Contest closed May 29, 2015. I rewrote 'The Beer Bottle Man' and submitted that. The three finalists will be announced in September.
I sent out about 80 packages of the novels 'The Only Prison' and 'People of the Yukon' last January. I received three inquiries and requests for the full MS.
Thisteldown Press wrote, "Thanks for letting Thistledown have a read of your short stories. They have a texture and emotional quality that prompt us to ask to read the entire manuscript. If not being considered by another publisher please send a copy at your earliest convenience."
I'm also working on another short story called 'Mother Russia'. I actually took it from a longer story in 'The Only Prison' and shortened it. Maxim Blok is given ten years in the gulag for stealing. In prison he is befriended by Vlad Gorev who is the boss of the prisoners. The conditions are brutal until a fair minded new warden arrives. The guards do not like his enlightened views of how a prison should be run and plot to have him discredited and sent back to Moscow.
The warden, Abram Ozerov is fair and enlightened but he knows how to fight fire with fire and plots to remove the head guard Anatoly Yemelin. He employes Vlad and Vlad employes Maxim.
I have a new program that checks my writing. Apparently I write in the passive voice because it comes up all the time. Then there is the squinting modifier which I refuse to learn about or understand.
Best wishes and stay out of the Gulag,
David