Yes, I will check out your other stuff as well. But, I want to give one more piece of advice before we close for now:

Write, always. You said that is has been several months since you were in the "right mindset" to work on Gloom. You're setting yourself up for defeat with this. You can't wait for the inspiration, the mindset, the muse, what have you, to come along and make you sit and write. You have to force youself to do it ... every day. At least five minutes a day. Get that first draft done, from start to finish.

And this is another thing that may be holding you back. You seem like the type of writer who perfects his work as he goes. You slave over every choice of word, every description, every bit of punctuation (Oscar Wilde: "I spent all morning deciding where to put the comma, and all afternoon wondering if I should take it out") before it finally gets on paper. Don't do this to yourself. Write out the story ... just write it. From start to finish. Don't worry if it's crap (Ernest Hemmingway: "The first draft is always shit"). You can always go back and fix it. But, at least you will have your story written out, on paper, from start to finish. It will make the editing and cleaning up a lot easier. You will have a better grasp on where you want the story to take your reader, and what turns and twists you are going to take them down. You will learn who your characters are, what they are up against, and how will they will deal with it. Once you know all of these things, you can rewrite it. Keeping what you like, tossing what you don't. Drawing out descriptions, adding foreshadowing, touching up the dialogue. This is how writers work. Too many people have a romanticized view of the writing life: "Spend the day pounding out the next best-selling novel, then celebrate the work that evening on your luxury yacht." Writing is a long and difficult process. But once it is done, it is incredibly rewarding.

So, don't wait! Write! Get the draft done, dammit!

Will do. I ahve been doing this with the other 3 short stories i am working on, as long as i get SOMETHING.

Thank you again, stingy :)

Keep on writing man. I really enjoy your material.

Thanks ege :)

BTW, i like your user text (Wish is still one of my favorite songs) and your avatar startled me at first :) Whihc is funny since i have that same pic on my site

:rolleyes:

The next week is gonna be balls-to-the-wall, but once things setlle down, i will dedicate soem time to gloom. right now i am working on 3 other stories as well. 2 horror, 1 sci-fi.

I've been looking for this pic forever. I kinda stole it from your site. :)

that is what they are there for :)

I was going to watermark them in the lower right corner with my logo, but i am too lazy soo far. i might just to see how mauch they spread, but i obviously cant whine that people took them from my site since i dont own them to begin with. :)

I like Ege's new avatar, too. One of my favorites scenes from current horror.

Hey! Stingy!

Just wanted to give you an FYI on this. Since i am in my new house, married, and finished with the brain-melting project that i was working on for over a month, i am finally getting off my ass and making the discussed revisions. i have a copy of the whole thread on my pc and just finished reading through it again ;)

this month is going to be a write-frenzy :D

That's great! I'm looking forward to reading. I am currently at work on a short story for Cemetery Dance magazine ... I will post it here once I get the copyright.