Hey guys, I thought that today would be as fine a time as any to discuss who I am and what I'm doing here, in case I haven't told you personally. My name is Max Malcolm and pretty much all the work on this blog is mine. My friend Larry Albano lent me some space to post my stories and I am very pleased to see how it's taking off. I haven't been this prolific of a writer in a year or two. For example today I wrote over 4000 words of story between two stories on here. That's not including my releases telling people about it or other side projects I have going. This is a huge step forward, and that I was able to jump back and pull out chapter 3 after more than a day break and losing my flow impresses me.
Speaking of chapter three, it may concern you to know why that story has no name. The story begins with "In the beginning..." and chapter 3 is the latest and most exciting installment yet. I want to name it, I really do, but because any name I try and call it tells you too much about what is yet to come, I have no choice but to have rather bland titles on it. I hope I make up for it in the chapters themselves. My goal is a chapter a day, every day I can do it, until I reach a decent novel length or the story ends.
As for the other projects, that is just for fun. I like writing short sweet little stories that make you feel good, so that's what they are there for. I don't know how often they will appear because it depends entirely on if I am meeting my other goals. For example, after writing chapter 3 I had enough energy to continue over and do a short story, some nights I do, some I dont.
Finally, a note on how the blog works. I've tried to set up the comment system so it can be usable, so please try and communicate with me about the stories themselves on there, also feel free to get in huge long winded discussions on there, our host doesn't seem to have any limits on space so you can chat and discuss the stories to your hearts content. Who knows, I might even join in. Finally I really love it when people say they are going to tell their friends and send them the link. That is the best compliment I can get because that means you enjoyed it enough to want to share. That's what storytelling is really about is sharing a common bond. I do it to share what I can and hope to entertain a little. Someday I might want to publish, but only because i know the result would be more people getting to enjoy what I've written. And on that note, please do tell your kids my short stories, that's supposed to be part of the format. I love telling a story I could tell to anyone, from 2 to 92, so that's the goal of the short stories.
Someday in the future I would like to add illustrations as well, I especially think some of chapter three could have been enhanced with them, but I tried to create the images verbally until I figure out the best way to do that with the blog software. So anyway, thank you so much for reading and watch this space, more exciting stuff coming as soon as I can possibly get it here.
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