What's That Banging Noise?

To answer the title question easily, my radiator that I have shut off completely for fear of it cooking me alive!
Simple as that.

You, the reader, might be wondering why exactly I decided to start out with a strange question-and-answer deal with this blog.
That too is simple.

I wanted to catch the attention of the readers and anyone who stumbles over this blog entry.
The beginning of my first two books, Rising Seas and Regolith, start pretty smoothly and abruptly with battles. Vladimir battles monster birds and Ravenlord battles some kidnappers. I did that for both because it fits their personalities, I feel. Vladimir was more a fighter than a talker, and Ravenlord... I can't quite peg him, but when he wants something, he gets it. Even if that means he has to act like a (out of context for the book) Sherman tank running over a wooden fence.

Beginnings, as evidenced above, are rather easy for me. They always have been. I can really only gather a few instances where writing an opening has given me problems. All of those were school essays that I probably did well on. (PS: I liked doing reports last minute because I'm one of those people who can pull gold out of his behind in a few hours!)
Endings are a different story, and middle parts... Don't even get me started.

With that in mind, I believe that the best books have a great and awesome start that doesn't always need to be pure action. In fact, the Sword of Truth series starts rather peacefully with the main character smashing around in the woods until he gets infected by some kind of demon vine and then finds his pretty girlfriend/wife/companion running from brutes.
Then again... I've read books that have great beginnings and poor middles and... Dreadful endings, to say the least. I've seen poor beginnings with dragging middles and boisterous ends! It's all over the place.

But I've begun to imagine it like a fishing analogy (Hell's bells, I wish it was trout season again):
The title is like your bait. A word can start a world.
The beginning is like the hook. Once the reader gets into it, you set the hook by pulling up the line.
The middle is the fight and the reeling in.
The end is like the final pull to shore and, if your reader enjoys it enough, you can set that one on a stringer!

Overall, I like starting worlds and I almost wish I could start writing and let the world unfurl by itself. But I am its master and its master I shall be!

Thanks for reading and stay tuned as always! See you around!