Taking a Chance on Co-Writing A Story

Do you hesitate, or even cringe, when thinking about co-writing a story with someone you may know?   What sort of thoughts go through your head when the idea comes up?  I know what I was thinking.

Recently, a friend and I decided to co-write a story, and send it off.  I didn’t even hesitate, because I knew the quality of my friend’s work and knew he’d be a breeze as a writing partner.  I had tried co-writing a story once before, with mixed results, though even then I had a generally positive experience out of it, but with no publication on the story.

This time, success!  We had an immediate acceptance in an anthology.  What a great feeling, and worthy of the ‘I’ve Been Published’ dance we both did in our respective homes!

Now comes the time to keep that Word window open and keep on writing.  And I strongly encourage you to do the same!  Just remember what little you have to lose in doing so, and what you have to gain!

As for exactly what went through my mind before and during the co-writing of a story?  That is a tale for another time…

Best regards,

GN
Goetic Night

Tapping In

Time can go by sometimes, without writing much.  Look here, I have not written here in a while either.

I forget sometimes how natural it is to just start and let it go, tap into a deeper spot inside without scrambling to overthink every little bit of the writing.  Yes, plot.  Yes, characters. Yes, setting.  Beyond all that, the best parts come with confidence, persistence and enthusiasm.

Just a quick thought.

Best regards,

GN
Goetic Night

The Goetic Night Content

One thing I wanted to mention about the poetry offered here is my own lack of poetry writing.  I enjoy fiction writing, but have selectively put up other people’s poetry here at Goetic Night.  I really prefer horror, dark fantasy and fantasy fiction over poetry in general.

This is not a vanity venture, and so I’m not inclined to just put up anything and everything I may write, other than my own thoughts and views.  Such writings will be clearly marked as my own writing.  If you do see any fiction of mine here, it will probably be something I found too amusing and entertaining not to share freely.

Enjoy the writings here at Goetic Night!  And if you want to see some works of your own here, get in touch with me.  I will be happy to have a look.  However, I would rather save the reading and editing time for when Goetic Night is a magazine and can offer wider readership.

Best regards,

GN
Goetic Night

The Virtual Night

It has been some time since my last entry here, so let me catch you up a little.

I have spent some time organizing my thoughts on Goetic Night, to see if running it as a magazine would be a feasible venture.  This remains an iffy thing to me financially and timewise, but I will continue planning on Goetic Night as a horror and dark fantasy magazine whether in the next year or more likely within the next few years.  Goetic Night remains my pet project either way.

In the meantime, I have been exploring some virtual 3D worlds to see what they are like.  Yes, yes, I can almost hear it already…wasting time.  Well now, my virtual avatar is so far having an entertaining and enlightening time of it in places like Second Life.  Sure, there are also a few resident irritations and nutcases along with the majority of nicer people, but where would you not find that to be true on the internet? 

While I have learned that some online gaming sites have even larger communities of players, the Second Life world of 50,000 to 80,000 people in-world daily seems a more freeform and socializing virtual world, allowing for expanded creative, promotional options in the virtual environment and avatar, not to mention the monetary exchange setup allowing for buy/sell of virtual goods and services.

So, my avatar works at some real world business promotional efforts, and manages to have a bit of fun along the virtual way.  In addition to the practical work and the fun interactions, I have also met a few established and aspiring creative people in the fields of science fiction, horror and fantasy there in-world, which was a delightful surprise.

I will have more to say about virtual worlds like that soon.

In the meantime…

Best regards,

GN
Goetic Night

Fill the Cup

Ah, my beloved, fill the cup that clears
Today of past regrets and future fears–
Tomorrow?–Why, Tomorrow I may be
Myself with Yesterday’s Seven Thousand Years.

Wasting Time

I spend my time waiting for something,
I’m not sure what it is.

Always reaching for a golden ring,
Looking for a reason to live,
Taking life as it goes.
Searching, searching, wasting time.

Taking cold showers, going home alone
In the early morning hours.

Tired of getting dead flowers,
People knocking on my door,
It always ends
With a bed on the floor.

Eating bread and getting stoned,
Can never remember, where’s my home.
Watching films with goofy poses,
Eating cheese, drinking mimosas.

©2007 P. Schwartz
All Rights Reserved

Hawkwing

Endless perimeters in the sky
I grasp your view like prey
And guide your eyes
Into the sun
As I draw circles with golden fire
Trailing in feathered bands
At my wingtips,
Lit from above.

©2006 HWD

Summer Farm

The summer grass is high
The sky is blue
It seems as though
A man could live forever, too
No dreams of yesterday
No worries of tomorrow
No thoughts there are of winter
And its sorrow
Aye, its sorrow

©2006 Frank Schwartz
All Rights Reserved

Lesson

Lesson

Do not hope too much –
Do not despair.
For tho there is a beginning –
The end is already there.

©2006 Frank Schwartz
All Rights Reserved

Make Game

“The Quarrel of the Universe let be:
And, in some corner of the Hubbub coucht,
Make Game of that which makes as much of
Thee.“