Welcome

This is a writing blog: a blog about writing; more specifically, fiction writing. Some people call something like this an Author’s Blog, but I’m not good enough to be called a real author yet. I’ve been writing for a long time now; but, like most unpublished or inexperienced writers, I have yet to complete a project to the point of publication. Hopefully, this blog will act as a tool that will help me reach that goal. Why the odd name to my blog? Well, those are my initials: BS, for Barry Smith. It’s been a curse some times, but fun at other times. I just live with it.

For the most part, the writing I do is in the action genre. Having a background in law enforcement, this flavor seems to come natural to me. I enjoy creating a character, developing them throughout the story, and then meshing that character with a fun and fast moving crime related plot. So far, I have completed one novel that fits within the police action category, half-finished an action novel revolving around government agents and betrayal, and started a first person POV military action novel; although, this third project is more geared around just learning how to write in first person-the story is just coming to me as I write. I never really knew just how hard it is to write in first person, keeping the proper tense and perspective throughout. It’s challenging but I enjoy it.

This has all been fun, but I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew. I have decided to back off a little and dive into a couple of short story projects. Not only will this approach give me a chance to work through shorter plots, but  I can have something that is more easily put out to readers for feedback and reviews so I can see what kind of progress I may or may not be making. This piece spells out some of the clearest reasons for spending some valuable time writing short stories.

Feel free to read through anything you might like and let me know what you think. I will have a mixture of short stories and excerpts from larger projects; and will put some up directly on this site and post some links to book hosting sites like Smashwords and Goodreads. Thanks for stopping by.

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