Wagner's Writings

         Gotta love my consistency on these blogs. The beauty of having a small audience is that you know that I do this solely for me. I would do this a whole lot more if I simply had the time for it. I'm a busy guy, but in a good, healthy way and not one where my responsibilities possessed me and wears a "Cody" name tag. So I thought I'd give a little update from this past month or so.      One lesson I've learned recently is I've really got to chill the fuck out. I'm such a worry wart who expects the worst. I always worry about going to the doctor's in particular. Being a diabetic and living in a pretty tense time while not doing my best on dieting, I always have this thought that death is an inevitability. With recent losses in my life, that worry is not so far-fetched, although quite an extreme. One little ache in my heart and I'm all, "Whelp that's it for me. Peace." A great attitude for a twenty-six year old, right? Some do say...

      Rather than a blog about some topic I thought I'd plop down for story time. I've been circling over notes over a few projects I'm working on (one mustn't have just one project on their plate) and came across research notes on a novel I wanted to be my first novel. I see this as a good opportunity to reveal a little bit on the writing process and the lessons learned when a project falls through.       Spoiler: You've got to pick yourself up and keep on moving with the next one.      I've started kicking around the idea of writing a novel for many, many years. The seeds of that were sprouting in my head starting in middle school but never really ventured out from the short stories that I was writing. In high school I've had a few jump starts but never anything came of those ideas either. It wasn't until late 2017 early 2018 that I had seriously considered writing a full length book. At that point, I've written quite a bit of short st...