Hello. are there any writers out there?

     I am somewhere in my writing journey. I am not a novice, not any more. I’ve been trying to do my job, educate myself, maintain my weight, be a father and husband, and write for 13 years.  

     Sometimes I miss that virgin faith, the belief that I will publish a story, it will be made into a movie and everyone will know my name. That feeling that anything can happen and soon will. But the more I’ve learned about what it really takes to get published, the more I’ve grown weary.

     I’ve come to a point in the road where I’ve had a few successes, enough to keep me going, but not more than that. And I’ve also grown lonely, writing silently at my desk. Silently to others of course, inside my head there are wars raging. I think it’s time to talk to other writers, published and unpublished. I want to hear their journey in the writing life too. I used to be content in my kitchen back in the Bronx --writing and eating, eating and writing. But as I look out into the sand dunes and jagged rocks in the distance, I want to share war stories with other writers. I am dedicating myself to this blog to tell people what I know about writing and maybe help someone save some time. And I need them to tell me that WE ARE ALL going to publish our shorts stories, get very nice book deals, and everything’s going to be alright.

      The last time I published an article in was a non-fiction piece on the Israeli martial art of Krav Maga, see Black Belt Magazine June 1998 issue. It was at that time that my family and I created fantasiesonline.com. A Web site dedicated to the romantic, risqué and XXX fantasies of our members (more on that later). Unfortunately, the Web site closed, and that’s when I began to work on my novel, Confessions of an Internet Pornographer. The book I am currently trying to find an agent for (more on that later too).

     Oh, oh. I’ve got to go. I’ll be back tomorrow with more about how I ended up another traveler in the dessert of prepublication. If there are any more writers out there like me, lost in 9 to 5 obscurity, leave a message.  

Lucho