JamesMosteller

I am participating in the writing contest: "How writing is positively influenced my life" by Positive Writer. Writing stories where I get to turn a group of normal kids into heroes while navigating the social minefield of high school has been such an immense joy. There have been some nights where the words were flowing out of me so freely that when I looked up it was well into the wee hours of the morning. I began writing about a year ago. I was using it as a way to keep

In a way to help keep my writing going and fresh, I decided to try to continue my storyline while entering a contest and write about what has happened to one of my characters during Christmas break. I checked all over the website of the organization hosting the contest and could not find their definition of a short story. So I looked on the web. Well, the first and best answer I stumbled on was 4,000 words. So off I went. I was 2,700 words in and I felt like I was flowing

I have my first book in the hands of some extremely capable women who are, at this time, "red penning it mercilessly!" While they are helpfully pointing out all of the places it needs fixing, I have begun the process of educating myself on how to write query letters and how to develop a synopsis of the book so that when I do get the editing completed (I still have my Beta Readers to go after the initial editing.) I can hit the ground running with trying to find an agent to he

I recently finished my first book! I was so excited when I typed in that last period. I briskly walked from my living room into my bedroom and announced to my wife. "I'm done. I finished it." She looked at me and without missing a beat said. "Great! Now the real work of editing it begins." I was crestfallen. She was right, but at that moment I wanted to wrap up my new baby and go introduce it to the whole world, warts and all. But nobody wants to look at a baby