It's been awhile since I've written anything on the blog so I figure to get updated somewhat. My submission to Best Served Cold Vol 2 is getting ready to submit and I have a good feeling with it...not that it means it will most definatly be accepted but rather I feel it has a rather good chance. "Cut Throat" is the name and anyone interested will have to wait until it's either accepted or turned down. I thought about expanding it further into possibly a novel length story as I had to cut 5,000 words off the rough draft even though it was good material.
On Afghanistan...I'm sure everyone has heard the latest about Robert Bales, the accused in the shooting rampage in said country. It's a sad development really in that we have to ask ourselves just what are we doing there anymore. With Bin Laden dead, the mission is over and we need to bring the troops home. I beleive they've done far and above of whats expected. On this line of thinking, I wrote a peice for Shotgun Honey "Hells Express" and they accepted it. I had plans to write another peice and went and wrote the rough draft...here's where it gets interesting. The story deals with a soldier in Afghanistan who is contemplating going on a rampage and his reasons. A week after the first draft the story broke about Bales and now I will shelve the story. There's no point in trying to submit it to Shotgun Honey with the current events as real as they are. It's sad but true the slogan that sometimes reality can be as interesting as myth holds true.
