My Inspiration For All My Writing

My inspiration for all my writing

 

Back to Serious Writing ... Finally

With a sigh of relief, I can finally announce that I'm finally back to serious writing after at least two years of absence. The advent of Covid-19 four years ago did me no favors. I came down with the disease once, and I was fortunate. I cannot tell you the number of friends I lost to the disease.

That, and the advent of prostate cancer (now controlled by medicines) played a further role in the loss of morale.

Last Saturday, I was involved in a ZOOM meeting with my writing partner, Ken Pick, on wrapping up the first book of a science fiction trilogy, The Adventures of Jill Noir.

The other writing challenge is a dark fantasy short story exploring my fascination with cryptids, The White Thing.

With the latter, I have already played around with several scenarios, considering whether I want a first-person or third-person perspective, the setting of the story, how it begins, and, most importantly, how it ends.

I have mentally played with this story for at least two months now, and I have decided to use a first-person narrator to tell the story of his best friend, who lives in a cabin on the outskirts of the Allegheny National Forest. Summoned to the cabin, he finds his friend in severe straits, dealing with an almost daily visitation from what he calls the White Thing.

It is not a Bigfoot. I think that cryptid has been written into the dust. This a unique creature of my invention with peculiar reasons for terrifying the narrator's friend.

The picture gives an early impression of the White Thing, but I have already made subtle changes to its appearance.

Starting tomorrow, I start work on both projects. Wish me luck.

My Favorite Two Wolves Memes

Audio by Erin Broadhurst on TikTok

1. Inside you, there are two wolves. Neither of them are paying rent.

2. Inside you are two wolves and your proctologist is frightened beyond words.

3. Inside you there are two wolves. Congratulations, Mrs. Werewolf, it's twins!

4. I don't have two wolves. I have 8 badgers, two mushrooms, and a snake.

5. Inside you there are 2 wolves. Sorry about the transporter malfunction.

6. Inside you there are two wolves, so they have advantage.

7. Inside me there are two wolves. I need serious medical attention.

8. Inside you there are two wolves. One always tells the truth the other always lies... or something like that.

9. "Inside you are 2 wolves" “Jokes on you, I can fit 3.”

10. Inside you there are two wolves. The other twelve are patiently waiting their turn.

11. Inside you there are two wolves. I'd recommend calling 911.

12. Inside you there are two wolves. Must have been one heck of a party!

13. Inside of me are two wolves, one of them is hungry. The second one is... hungry. You are hungry.

14. Inside you, there are 2 wolves. Sadly, there is no room for dessert.

15. Inside you, there are two wolves … wait. Now there are six wolves.

16. Inside me there are two wolves. I was really hungry this morning.

17. The doctor-recommended number of wolves inside of you is zero.

18. Inside of you there are two wolves. One of them is Adam Sandler. The other one is Adam Sandler. You are Adam Sandler.

19. Inside me there are two wolves. I will be incredibly sore tomorrow.

20. Inside you there are two wolves. You are dead.

21. Inside of you are two wolves. One craves cement. The other craves cement. You are addicted to cement.

22. Inside you are two wolves. They keep eating all the counting sheep. It's giving you insomnia.

23. You are inside 2 wolves (wait a minute…)

24. Inside of you are two knees. One is good. The other is bad. You are old.

25. Inside of you there are two wolves. One is wrong. The other one is wrong. You are wrong.

26. Inside your nose are two nostrils. One is so clogged, you can’t breathe. The other is so open you can taste the color of the air.

27. Inside you there are two wolves. One is wondering how it got there. The other is eating your liver.

28. Inside of you are two wolves. Both of them are exhausted.

29. Inside of you are two wolves. One is a coyote and the other is a coyote. You lack basic knowledge of North American carnivores.

30. Inside of you are two wolves. They are both fed up with your nonsense.