Also, if anyone needs access to the ping list, it can be found on my FR page.
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I write religious stuff and some political analysis...mostly poetry. I don't know if that's exactly what you're interested in.
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Hey, it's great that someone made this ping list. I also look forward to all of it.
Here's an excerpt from one of my bazzilion novel projects. I do have one novel, several short stories, and a few comics published.
Later!
CHAPTER TWO
"No, Sonny, that isn't it at all," the gray haired man said, the merest hint of a frown on his deeply tanned face. "Remember the river, Sonny, the river must be in your mind."
"This is hard gramps," the boy cried out. "Those rocks really hurt!"
"Pain builds character. Pain tells you what's wrong with you. Pain is your friend. Now, concentrate!"
A narrow chute supported on trellises ran down the hill and came to an abrupt stop some six feet above the lazy, brackish waters of the Ringo River. The boy with corn silk hair and tanned molasses skin stood in the water up to his waist. The chute towered over his head.
Sonny wiped the blood from his forehead on his forearm. The devilishly hot Frenance sun was nearly unbearable, even to those long used to it.
"The river, Sonny, the river."
Standing on the banks of the Ringo, Gramps pulled on the rope he held in his hand. This opened a gate on the chute, which allowed a flow of egg-sized rocks to roll down. On their descent, the rocks hit a lip on the edge of the chute that caused them to jump in erratic paths.
"Don't strike, Sonny, flow! Flow!"
Sonny allowed his vision to relax, and his muscles to loosen. Standing in the water forced him to focus on his upper body movements.
The rocks fell. Spinning in deadly arcs, they rained down on the shirtless boy.
As Sonny concentrated, the rocks seemed to slow in their descent. Twisting his torso and swinging his arms, he moved between the rocks, putting on a display of graceful agility that eventually seemed to satisfy Gramps, who finally closed the chute.
I'd like to be added to the writers list. I do all my writing on writing.com.
Thanks, Shimmer, for the heads up on this thread.