Writing and Publishing Fiction

This month the Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel discusses Becoming Coyote by Wayne Ude,
who happened to be my Creative Writing instructor at Old Dominion University.

The Deviled Egg Eyes of the Publishing Abyss Gaze into My Soul

'Twas the season to be jolly a short while back.

Dr. Zaius received Charleton Heston, stuffed by the finest simian taxidermist. When wrapped, it was certainly the most oddly shaped gift

Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel (left to right): William Blake, Dr. Zaius, Mrs. Butterworth

William Blake: Kafka, Kafka. burning bright. In the fiction of the night; What existential void. Could dissemble thy inexplicable asymmetry?

Novel Critique: Apes with Bald Kneecaps

Let's hear what the Unpublished Guy fiction panel, including Dr. Zaius, 18th century poet and engraver William Blake, and Mrs. Butterworth, has to say about the novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was developed while the movie was being filmed.

n the days of Washington and Napoleon,
Before Six Sigma and Toyota Motors manufactur'd its infernal machines
according to the edicts of consistency,
I did each copy of my self-published work by hand;
If I saw a need for improvement after two or three copies were scribed,
I simply made the changes on the remaining copies, whether this meant
I was transposing words, lines, verses, pages or plates.
Truly, I was inspir'd by the Artistic & Creativity of Los, Urthona in man's form.

If hand type-setting and engraving your work is a fate you cannot bear,
Subsidy-publishing is perhaps the path for you.
Even the contrivances of the Word Processor & GBC binding machines,
Cannot make self-publishing too great a Task to contemplate
Subsidy-Publishing balances the Contraries of Mass Publishing & Self-publishing.

Online Subsidy and Self-Publishing
source: http://online-book-publishing-review.toptenreviews.com/index.html

The fourth of July and four days into July Novel Writing Month. Four days of staring at a blank page wondering what font I should be using to write my novel. I settled on Verdana. I prefer sans serif, but it's not as overused as Arial.

Now that I have font selection settled, I have to figure out what the novel should be about. I suppose I could brainstorm, but I've decided to dredge up one of my older short stories and repurpose it as a novel length story. The particular story I had in mind was originally intended to be a multi-layered tome of symbolism like Moby Dick, except the source of my ambition was the epic poem, Jerusalem, by William Blake.

Some time ago, I signed up for July Novel Writing Month, which of course, is a writing contest identical to National Novel Writing Month, held in November. What are all of these novel writing months? The goal of these contests is to write a 50,000 word novel. The prize is having written a 50,000 word novel.

My specialty has been short stories, so this contest should be particularly challenging. I will be on a sabbatical of sorts as I focus my time and energy on this challenge. Don't worry, I will continue to post to Unpublished Guy, documenting my journey in the spirit of Captain Robert Scott's race to the South Pole and Sir John Franklin's 1854 Expedition to discover the Northwest Passage.

Also, expect to see several guest bloggers posting in their areas of writing and publishing expertise.

William Blake, Poet & Engraver, have begun production of my new clothing line of Illuminated Smocks called Tyger, Tyger Washing Bright. With this line consists of Illuminated Smocks: I have joined others practiced in the graphic arts in creating a clothing line to realize my vision of Heaven and Hell reconciled. Unlike the idiot Swedenborg, who has not Illuminated Smocks, my undergarments are formed by a Dragon Man & Unam'd forms in a Printing House of Hell. Hold eternity in the small of your back with William Blake Illuminated Smocks & recall; Eternity is in love with the productions of time. Aside from singing with the white cotton of the Lamb, they are appropriately priced. Exuberance is Beauty and worth an additional guinea or two.