a stroke of deLay: the blog

Chapter Six hath come! It’s a little short but packaged tightly. Check it out at this link. See an excerpt below for more!
Ruiz listened to her entire speech, watching her eyes alight with the fire of a sprite whose spark had been lit with the fuel of a thousand suns. Perhaps [...]

My part project has a Chapter 4 and 5…which is awesome. You should check it out. I’m gonna be doing a Vlog series on this story to fully explain what it’s all about and where it comes from…kind of like a “Inside the Actors Studio” or something like that. Anyway, excerpt is [...]

The adventure continues with “The Legend of Seven” with Chapter 3!  Check out the excerpt below and the link here!
“You’ll do well enough to speak with the man at the tavern. He’s as good as anyone. This island hasn’t had a governor for the better part of fifty years.” Thompson pointed down [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I’m still writing fiction. Dunno how good I am at it, but I keep plugging away working to improve. See my latest task here. It’s under the title “echoes”. Snippet below.
“Who darkens my door!” The once gravely voice of the old man boomed through the rooms and stairways, shaking the floorboards. [...]

One of my Sci-Fi tales gets a chapter four! Check it out here!
Seth-son leaned forward, his green eyes reflecting the bright lamps. “What of the prophecy?” His teacher chuckled lightly which caused the boy to sit back in a bit of shock. “The prophecy is dead Seth-son. When people cease to follow and believe [...]

I had said this was no longer going to be my blog and I had hoped to keep that promise. However, certain events in life require a release of written text to continue to process whatever emotions are clashing about in the heart and mind. This is one of those moments.
Another school shooting [...]