Here I am at the edge

Here I am at the edge Often, I played the fool, to my benefit, by telling people that I could write a short story of a certain length and then go further than expected. The ploy brought praise from customers and, for several months, a few pounds extra. I never overestimated my capability because I knew what I was capable of writing when I was "in the zone." Ultimately, I was the fool for thinking the blog would bring in sales. The blog title was devised a decade ago when I truly believed I was at the edge of selling my work - boy, was I mistaken!

The Word There are several questions that are connected to this science fiction story I started several years ago. Why did I stop writing after over 90 pages? There are two answers; the first is that I wrote more pages a week than the posts were getting readers. That is not to say I wrote a lot, but there were few readers. The second reason was I came to the conclusion that with all the time I had put in, I'd never see a dime for my book as sales are so hard. Is the book finished? Far from it, I stopped writing, but I could have done more than what I had written again as the characters took hold of my life as real people. When I stopped writing, I estimated I was about halfway through my story with more stories stemming from what was the original plot. How did I get the idea? I was an avid reader at school; these days, books are rarely seen, and children are more ready to play online games. I had the idea from the Ray Bradbury novel Farenheit451, but I added a few twists.