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Fiction writing is great when it catches you.  Terrible when it fails you in those moments of staring at the screen.  Here thus is Chapter Two of what I’m now calling, “The Legend of Seven”.  Click to read.  Excerpt below as well.

He remembered.  The feeling had never left him.  The lieutenant nodded softly, remembering the [...]

Over at my fiction site I have this thing called “deLay on writing” where I talk about my experiences as a “writer” and the struggles, triumphs and all that.  See an excerpt below and the link is here.
I have piles and piles of papers of past ideas, stories, characters, settings and plots sitting in my [...]

First of all, I stumble on things people have known about for years, so forgive me if this is the case. This young lady is awesome. Check out the first video (a fav song of mine) set to the stringed Ukulele. The second video is her own creation which had me make [...]

There’s something awesome about the songs “God Bless America” and “The Star Spangled Banner” when it’s sung by the right people. Check out some of the stuff I picked up on. Got some great examples? Share ‘em in the comments.

I am a writing nerd.  I confess.  I write what enters my head.  And so, the “Untitled Pirate Tale” begins it’s first chapter.  Dunno where it goes from here, but that will come with time.  Excerpt below and link as well!  Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Excerpt:
“Blasted weather.” Through the smoke of his [...]

Check it out! It’s hilariously educational! Probably a little cheesy but that’s what YouTube is all about. Enjoy!

I’m still writing like fifteen stories…and “Hercules” is a space opera in the spirit of Star Trek, Star Wars, Serenity, Babylon 5 and every other science fiction thing out there.  I’m making it my own and just writing out into the darkness of space.  See below for excerpt and link!
That’s when the caution light began [...]