Ambrose Grimm

Exciting stuff of a mundane order. All new cover art added to a few of the short stories in Driftwood Tales. For those of you who’ve been following me from day one, I’ll be rewriting Beloved Darkness. Tales was always a first draft and it shows. While I’m still trying to figure out Bane, I’ll be working on tales, and adding additional shorts to it.

God, I wish I were still as active and as fervent about my writing as I used to be. I was re-reading "Beloved Darkness" the other day on my lunch break, and I found myself falling in love with the story again... and given that it was written entirely as a first draft in a couple of days originally, I think I may rewrite it. I love the story, janky as it is, and I love the idea of the story. 
          
          I'll be working on some side projects while "Bane" undergoes editing. I may also update Bane in the third draft to make it more palatable and contemporary while still capturing the same nostalgia and old world feel in its narrative. Let's hope I still have it in me. Love you all,
          
          A. G.

Sup there guy I'm looking for a co writer found the best system I lead my book your second in command then you write yours I'm second in command I don't grammar or punctuation so I'm looking to partner I have a super book I wanted to go pro with but I figured idle try to make golden here on wattpad it's science fiction fantasy magical mystical bloody kill kill death death way.
          
          I want to wait to it gets money before I pay you you pay me or we do it the hood I we price for you and once you write for me it kills the debt then we kick back counting coins it's the bad guys do horrible things some are skipped some are not.
          
          Mature not for all hate that this is a peak
          
          Gamer twice two different kinds one more mid evil the other is more future way 
          
          If you don't make your book mature I kind of poopoo it from my muse so I can never be. If you know someone send em my way
          

Greetings! I have just started writing a sci fi story and I would to love to receive your feedback on it! 

I know a global pandemic is unprecedented in our lifetime (unless anyone here lived through the Spanish Influenza). 
          
          I know much of - the majority of - 2020 was a living nightmare for many of us in so many different ways.
          
          With the exception of two months, I worked through this and continue to work through it. I’ve not had much time to write, as I’ve been working strenuous hours.
          
          This will end. There is a silver lining, a light in the darkness, and at the end of that tunnel, we will emerge and I believe we will all be stronger for it.
          
          I urge you to keep hope, and hold onto it. Stand-fast and steady, and embrace the horizon.
          
          Remember to change your routines, and stay active. This past year has been a tragedy in no uncertain terms, but use that tragedy and make it part of your world survival playbook. Your actual, tangible skills.
          
          I believe in you, and I know the community here is supportive and lends their strength to us each and all.
          
          I thank you all for your support these many years, and am proud to have gotten so many times to share conversations with you on both a professional and personal level, to have gotten to know so many of you as people as well as writers.
          
          Keep hold of hope and embrace the horizon, because the end of this horror will come. We who emerge will emerge if not better, stronger. Stronger for it all.
          
          If you ever need to talk, let me know. My life may be busy, may be inundated with long hours and grueling challenges of my own... but in all things, life and safety are first. 
          
          Life and safety are paramount.

I feel like a rank amateur, but a lot of readers, a lot of positive comments... and I love it.
          
          There’s a “but” though.
          
          ...but can readers please upvote the story of you like it? Comment, tell me
          What you like, what you hate, what needs to change.
          
          I want to finish this thing so I can get onto the next story. I want to finish it right.

Where do we go now?
          
          Bane is still at a stalemate. Stagnant. I’m concerned I may have do delete most of part three. Uncertain. 
          
          On one hand I’m uncomfortable if it’s direction. On the the other hand uncomfortable is because it’s uncharted waters. I’m well past my original version of this story when it was published over ten years ago.
          
          The original “Bane” didn’t have a lot of Bane in it. He was a lot more of a mysterious character, but the story was neither full nor was it rich.
          
          For a first draft, this Bane with all its grammar errors and all it’s spelling errors and a few chapter misplacements (so sorry!) is already ten times the story it was originally.
          
          A fan of mine from the past recently wrote me and asked: “Does it have to actually end the way it did originally? What if it didn’t?”
          
          Man. F my writer life on this one. 
          
          I could use some opinions, community. Some
          Thoughts. 

I’m stuck in a bad place with Bane. Not enough feedback, and the fact that the majority of it is being editing elsewhere. I may be making a major cut from the work. 
          
          In other news, I’ve got a new face and that face is now in my profile picture. 
          
          As I’ve always maintained, there is nothing under the mask... nothing but my stories.

If you were killed, I wouldn't be at your funeral
          
          I'd be in jail for killing the person who killed you
          
          We are true friends
          
          We ride together, we die together
          
          Send this message to everyone you care about
          
          I want you to know your an amazing friend till death and forever
          
          Once you read this
          
          You must send this to 15 people; including me (Ya don't have to)
          
          If you get at least 3 replies back, you know you are greatly loved
          
          No one knows how important something is until they lose it 
          
          At midnight the person you love will realize they love you
          
          At 1:00/2:00 am, get ready for the shock of your life
          
          If you break this chain you will have bad luck
          
          If you don't you'll then ugly in one year.// Jk
          
          Tomorrow two people will ask for your number
          
          Send this to 15 people you care about or else you will have bad luck for a year
          
          // you don't have to do this but I hope you like it :)

Despite my efforts, it's nearly impossible to keep up on my writing. I am essential personnel during this pandemic, and with my kids two weeks a month, I've hardly time to put my efforts into writing... but I am little by little working on and chipping away at my chapters.
          
          I ask during this time of near-global self quarantine, mandatory stay-at-home, and state or government mandated near-martial-law that 
          
          1) you stay as safe as you possibly can.
          2) you continue to eat as healthy as possible.
          3) stay hydrated. Hydration is supremely important.
          
          If you've time, please continue reading "BANE" as I've put a great deal of hard work into it. I have a separate copy already in editing through another program, but since this is my working draft, I'm going to keep at it best I can if only to keep my own sanity.
          
          These are scary times for many people, and it's important to remember not to panic. Reflecting on a number of my previous employments, and what in my career has been outside of writing so far, I will tell you this: Panic only leads to injury or fatality. 
          
          Fear is healthy, and it will keep you alive. Panic is  a response action, a reaction based on a lack of knowledge in what to do. So here's what you do. Remain calm. Ration your supplies so they last, and be mindful to steer clear of infection however it is possible until this crises passes.
          
          I cherish you all, and appreciate your loyal readership these past many years, those who have only started reading now, those who are still reading, and those who read and have since discontinued their wattpad. 
          
          God bless and keep you, each and all. I'll be around, feel free to message me. So long as I'm breathing, I'll respond eventually.