“There are typically three ways to look at things. I’ve mastered two.”—Unknown This is a continuation of 11:11. While writing 11:11 I yawned. Goddamn was I getting sleepy. I realized the report wasn’t ever ending. I started writing for a company very similar to SS in 1999. I was on my way to a professional writing career until some rotten fucking turds knocked down some buildings in New York. Every paid writing gig I had immediately stopped forcing me to remain working as a machinist and a city bus driver. I was this close.
Feb 26, 2023·edited Feb 27, 2023Liked by Mike Huggins
MIke... Man, you are a warrior! Proud of you... Forget the bus driving and keep on scribbling. Sadly, I can't figure out how to get a paycheck for the writing... The good news is it is a way yo achieve some level of immortality as everything here is enshrined by the Alphabet Boyz for All Time (or until the galaxy is removed by a supernova)...
Thanks Doc. I'm a long, long way off from giving up my day job. My previous writing success happened by luck. I scribbled something down and entered it into an international writing contest. First place paid $50K. I took second, got noticed by numerous editors, blah, blah, blah and the buildings came down like pancakes and so did my writing career. The End
MIke... Man, you are a warrior! Proud of you... Forget the bus driving and keep on scribbling. Sadly, I can't figure out how to get a paycheck for the writing... The good news is it is a way yo achieve some level of immortality as everything here is enshrined by the Alphabet Boyz for All Time (or until the galaxy is removed by a supernova)...
Thanks Doc. I'm a long, long way off from giving up my day job. My previous writing success happened by luck. I scribbled something down and entered it into an international writing contest. First place paid $50K. I took second, got noticed by numerous editors, blah, blah, blah and the buildings came down like pancakes and so did my writing career. The End
Persevere!!! The contest was obviously rigged. Whenever that kind of big money is involved, it's got to be rigged.
P.S. Great song!
Diggin' the scene, with a gangsta lean. Ooo. Ooo.
Nothing like 70s music. It was the fucking best!
And, there, you have the perfect Short Story! :-)
I always thought Springstein was a poser, looks like I was right.
That Canadian boy that died in Mexico . . . "symptoms suggesting a sunstroke"???? Its not a laughing matter but the "sunstroke" is funny . . .
I know.
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John 10:34
Mike, you tell it like it is....Bravo
PS... when can we get the pitchforks sharpened?
Ha..ha..thanks. Sharpen them now.