UNPUBLISHEDNOTDEAD!

IT FALLS
By Kael

It all started off on Monday afternoon at around 3:40 p.m. Luke Murray was working the late afternoon shift at the Starbucks (that new Starbucks located on the forty-fifth floor of the “Pay-Before-yo-yo-yo-Payday” building downtown), when Aaron James and Taylor Danes came in. The two had been downstairs making a payment on a two-year-old loan that Aaron took out to pay his baby-mama’s August 2005 rent. Aaron had made his final 100-dollar monthly payment on his 500-dollar loan and decided to celebrate with a shot of espresso. Luke was in a good mood that afternoon since the previous evening his boyfriend of five years finally moved out after having gained 50 lbs over the course of their relationship, and his B.F.F., Gloria Hammer, had applied glitter to his highlights.

Luke took the boys order, told them how fabulous they both Read the rest of this entry »

Contests … I’ve entered a couple, but to be honest I don’t think I have what they want. I write in a pretty specific way, I figure out what I’m supposed to put in the box, and then I throw the box away. I do think, however, that it’s important that you enter contests, and get your feet wet, and win, not win … whatever. It’s just important to have the confidence to put your work out there for people to read, and not for the same old stupid reasons we keep hearing Read the rest of this entry »

About a year ago I got a bug up my ass, and decided to do something about writing. I admit it; I had dreams of grandeur, and had forever wanted to be a published author, but just never did anything about it. I figure dreams are like that; they’re such a powerful thing to embrace. If you go after them you might figure out, in the end, you didn’t have what it took to achieve it. And after the dust settles, you fully understand what it means to live an existence without your dream, and how dismal that actually is. I think that NOT going after something is a very potent thing because if you never try to realize a dream, you never have to lose it.

After college I wrote this completely awful book that fully contemplated the origins, status, and future of my naval, written in the second person (why be ordinary), which had no discernable storyline. I called it “experimental fiction” so that people would feel smart for reading it, and equally I would feel smart of writing it. It was Read the rest of this entry »

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