Polishing the Work

It can take time, writing anything worth reading. It takes more time trying to get it published.

I've gone to conferences, talked to other authors, pitched to agents from New York to Los Angeles.

All trying to find the key to getting my work out into the public.

Which was easier when I was building cars. I would slog through the rough, nasty work of cutting, patching, repairing bodies and engines. It's rewarding, turning junkers into jewels. Jumping into the driver's seat, firing it up for the first time and driving down the road.

Even if you customize it, it's still not completely your car.

I've built cars that were socially unacceptable as an expression of my vision. Visually jarring, they made more of an impact on people than the car-show-smooth road kings. Still it was the reworking of someone else's work.

So I've gone back to writing, taking photographs and making videos.

When writing a story I've found that I can get closer to the true act of creation.

Nothing we do is pure, as there is always the element of structure, previous work or movement that carries on the history of the format.

When it's done, going back over it, tuning it up, polishing out the last little rough spots.

That's when you know if it's labor or love.

I'm polishing "Glitch".

It will be out this year, if I have to publish it myself.

What's Next?

Just looked at the Spaceweather.com site and we could have some more flares in the next week or so.

Can't believe that FINALLY, the mainstream media, in this case, National Public Radio, is actually covering cyberwar and it's potential for a man-made disaster. Oh, wait, it would be a 'war'. Not like any that you've ever seen or heard about, believe me. Now, maybe I can finally get an agent or publisher for my novel.

More on the novel in future posts.

What Glitch?

Wonder if any of our latest 'accidents' are really accidents or sabotage?

I do, after all, it's too easy to override systems in this day and age with a computer.

Do you think you'll be informed if it's a glitch or an intentional act?

Don't bet on it.

Glitch

Glitch.

Yes, it's a technical term for an electrical malfunction.

It's also the title of my latest novel.

The novel's about cyberwar that spins out of control.

As in conventional warfare, you don't always get the outcome you want.

Sometimes, there's a glitch.

I'll be posting more about the novel and my writing efforts in the future.

Which is where we better hope that the threat of cyberwar remains, in the future.

No one is prepared for what will happen when one breaks out.

Pray that we never see that day.