Ray Daley's Blog, page 75

Hiatus

I am currently not writing.  No motivation.

I did buy some supplies today, scored 2 nice 200 sheet A5 notepads & 3 rollerball pens all for £1 a piece.  It’s amazing what you can get for just a quid.

At least there’s no current shortage of something to write on or write with.

It’s just a matter of finding the urge to actually write.  This blog entry does not count.

Life update

Just thought I’d let you folks know I’ve received a definate date for my 2nd (and hopefully last) round of laser surgery on my eyes for my glaucoma later this month.

Laser is NOT a cure, there is NO cure.

Glaucoma is managed, it’s something once diagnosed that you live with as best as you can.  This is a new type of laser, I’d had all I could have of the old style ALT (Argon Laser Treatment) – you can only have that twice.

I don’t know if the new kind (SLT) gives the same expected results as the ALT did as that gave 5 years each time of good manageable life with little to no pain.  I can cope with 5 more yrs which would get me towards the end of the current decade, hopefully it’ll also mean I can start to look for work properly & hopefully get another job.

Being unemployed can be kind of depressing but living between pain & hospital treatments isn’t exactly shits and giggles either but it’s the lesser of 2 evils.

Don’t worry and start thinking “Oh no!  He’s going to abandon us all!  He’s going to stop writing!”  Nope.  Not going to happen.  Not in this lifetime at least.  I will continue to write as long as I am able to see.  And I will continue to release free ebooks for as long as I have money to pay my broadband bill.

I have numerous finished pieces that can be released and only 1 submission out with a website right now.  I am writing down ideas and partials all the time and have a backlog of the same to type up eventually.  When I get time to do them.

I am going to ask one thing of you, my blog readers.

I would like to know which of my ebooks or online flash stories you like the most.

Comments here please.

Even more recognition? Very nice!

After discovering yesterday that SF Signal had listed me for “Salary Man”, I decided to dig a bit deeper. Previously they’ve also listed me for my online flash short “Return From Red Zone”

http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/01/free-sf-fantasy-and-horror-fiction-for-1162013/

and one of my actual ebooks, “The Angry Vagabonds”

http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2012/10/free-sf-fantasy-and-horror-fiction-for-10272012/

Thanks folks!

More recognition? Why thank you!

Discovered those rather nice folks over at SF Signal were showing some love for “Salary Man”.

http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/05/free-sf-fantasy-and-horror-fiction-for-5292013/#more-76940

Have a poem.

When you wish on a Nexus 6, It’s not something you can fix,

DNA is set in stone, Nexus 6 will die alone.

Burn the candle at both ends, killing humans with your friends,

Human beings are such slobs, Send out Gaff retiring Skin Jobs.

Set a thief to catch a thief says the spiel, Deckard is a Replicant – he’s not real.

Rush to Earth you don’t know why, before too long it’s time to die.

More recognition, thankyou!

Was having a little look around the SF flash round-up sites & was pleased to discover I got some love from Quasar Dragon (for “Salary Man”) who have been VERY good supporters of my work.

Much love & thanks for the continued support.

http://freesciencefantasy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/wednesday.html

New release now online

First of the new month?  Must be free ebook release day.

Inspired by Ray Bradbury & Stephen King, attempting to channel both at once.

Available in most formats, the 2nd link is better for Android users

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/321812

http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/31145/all-the-world-in-wax

New story now online!

Those lovely folks @ 365tomorrows have got me featured on their front page today!

http://365tomorrows.com/05/28/salary-man/

What’s occuring?

With the amount of stuff currently finished there is no real need or impetus to write at the moment. I’m on hiatus until Wednesday then I will read “All The World – In Wax!” with a view to polish & proof.

I currently think the end needs improving.

We’ll see once I’ve read the whole thing as it stands.

Fairly sure what I want to do as a cover. Hopefully I can resolve it to the point of release for next month.

I must resist the urge to finish one of the “partials” sitting near the computer.

Here’s what is currently finished.

All The World In Wax,

Dinner With Grandma,

Echo Beach,

Something Borrowed Something Blew,

The Bomb,

The Ground Beneath My Feet,

The Last Day With My Friends (In the marble orchard),

The Realisation,

Visiting Hours and

Who Are The Victors.

Also finished are Welcome To Freedom and Miner. I have no idea what to do with them.

“Alan Rickman will NOT die” technically IS finished but needs work. I’m not happy with it.

10 titles finished, 1 needs proofing. The other 9 are ready to go.

I am looking at trying to finish some of my partials.

Everything will happen after Wednesday.

Unless an idea happens before that.

More finishing things!

I was doing some housekeeping on my notepads last night and found a couple of what I call “partials” or “incompletes” so I thought I’d have a go at writing one up today.

That was “The Bomb”, it had a start and a definate end but no middle which I managed to write today so the whole thing is done and dusted.  It was a quirky little thing which when I explained it to my mum made her laugh so I think people will like it when I decide what to do with it.

Currently it feels like it might go to one of the online sites.

The other possibility is as one of my monthly free ebook releases.

I guess we’ll see when the time comes.

If possible (if I can sort out the ending to my satisfaction) then next months free release will be my Ray Bradbury/Stephen King inspired story called “All The World – In Wax!”

I also finished reading The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton, quite a good book for its age!