Editing 1 - started, honestly.

It's been difficult to motivate myself to edit 'How to'...but now I'm doing it. Completed 6 out of 64 parts, added 100+ words to each, fleshed it out a bit, made it shine a little more, and put some emotion / care into the characters.
But I wasn't ready before now. Everything that happens, happens when it should...but you must push it, you can't wait for the train to run you over.
Anyway, the proof will be in the final writing :-) Working on it :-)
Oh, and 'Dani's Shorts 2' is one 500 word story away from completion and formatting, of course :-)

Half success AND MANGA!!!

I got 2nd place :-) ...by 2 clicks...YES, you read right, 'clicks'...my logical brain could not compute that all Jasper wanted was 'clicks'. As a self-published writer, my mind thought he wanted downloads but now I realise he could only count the 'clicks' and not the downloads - there is no way to find out where the downloads come from, but the 'clicks', yes. I'm kicking myself because I could've PESTERED 100+ more people for a 'click'...so $50 and not $125... I wanted to put my books in the school library as the kids are screaming for them but now...I can get a copy or two (the shipping price to Hungary is a killer!)
Working on the last Challenge of the year, number 52 and it looks like I'm going 'MANGA'! :-)
Then I'll need to format 'Dani's Shorts 2' and publish it on Smashwords...exciting times!
Still working on 'How to'....have to make the reader 'care'...:-)

Nonsense Poetry?

I'm still trying to get more FREE downloads for Jasper. If you know anyone who can, please pass the link to them...:-)
http://bit.ly/darkspace14

I also entered a comedy poetry competition with my nonsense style. Using the 'words' from my nonsense Punch and Judy for Challenge 51, plus a few others, I created a verse.
Here it is...it's a love poem...like you can tell :-)
UPDATE: This post was linked into 'The Poetry Daily' (11th Feb 2014)! Way-hey!! 
(under 'Leisure' 3rd blog post on the right) :-) Here...http://paper.li/Gjoshi64/1309526519 
(so if you've come from there, Hiya! Welcome to my blog :-))

Only for my loval smiploff

Squeening in maloppal ossmaj,

Flaffling, wheafing in the tooknaj,

Bartli henn a narted moz-yoff,

Only for my loval smiploff, only for my loval smiploff.

Fissart turt narred in kartnahnu,

Wheeking on a loozarn dahtoo,

Sissing and a flissing lovatt,

Klozzing for my crotchled hollatt, klozzing for my crotchled hollatt.

"Tunktan, Tunktan, kakat ningning,

Arragag our lovat tooning?

Karragang and dana linning.

Pah! You katta sini pingping!"

"Zazakani yuka bollmoll.

Errofalli! Para nollhall!

Fissart turt leekakat offnar,

Moolonoh-hoe kajzah tiklar!"

Wikiniking in the pilaar,

Jajtah fliff-floff under feela,

Lamar dana tutai kassa,

Lizzo geejee blaffing tassah, lizzo geejee blaffing tassah.

Squeening in maloppal ossmaj,

Flaffling, wheafing in the tooknaj,

Bartli henn a narted moz-yoff,

Only for my loval smiploff, only for my loval smiploff.

New 5* review of 'Rage' :-)

Got a new 5 star review of 'Rage' from the glorious and gorgeous Melodie Ramone :-)
Her book, After Forever Ends, is an absolute wonder to read, her writing is fantastic. And now she's written a review for me. Thanks, Melodie, it was worth the wait!

Here it is on Amazon, but I've copied it below. A few 'Yes's on the review would be nice :-) (Just a click away)

Wonderful, February 7, 2014

By 

Melodie Ramone

This review is from: The Rage of Atlantis (Kindle Edition)

Due to an eye injury, it took me quite a long while to finish “The Rage of Atlantis”, but every time my eyes would heal enough to pick it back up, it was an absolute pleasure. Dani J. Caile has a way with distorting reality that’s hard to quantify, other than to say he’s masterful at it. His book is filled with Fantasy, Sci Fi and high drama, all twisted into a hard hitting detective story that takes on real life issues we face in our world today. All of this, of course, happening in Atlantis.
The blend of humor and satire in this book is impressive. While serious subjects are tackled, the way they are portrayed is laugh out loud entertaining, yet, somehow, he always manages to keep his characters powerful and relatable. If I had to pick a word for this book, it would either be “brilliant” or “inspired.” I can't decide which.
I give The Rage of Atlantis Five stars, without hesitation.

53 worder and FREE download

Started editing 'How to' with a bag on my head. So far, so good.

Wrote Weekend Quickie 22 with no 'be' verb. Perhaps I'll try that in 'How to', or at least cut them down.
http://theironwriter.com/weekend-quickie-21-2/

There's also Jasper's 'Dark Space' to download if you haven't done so already (I'm in 3rd place ATM)...
bit.ly/darkspace14

And entered a 53 word story competition, the element this month (February) is a 'palm tree', so I wrote a generic 53 worder, about a box, similiar to Elizabeth John's 'The Box' at that other site I won't mention :-)

Heritage

Two feet down in the roots of the palm tree, his family's palm tree, there it was, the box.

"What's that?" asked his wife, her hard, round belly shining in the sun.

He brushed off the sand, checking the seal, still intact.

"Later, later."

Satisfied, he buried it back. For the next generation.

Challenge 51: Punch & Judy Nonsense Style

Had a pretty bad week...the only thing I could think of to help was to do Challenge 51 'nonsense' style, like Jabberwocky / different language. Some strange words came out of it...but it's just an experiment, 'making up' a language which 'feels' the way you want it to feel. A bit writing-up-my-arse but I had to try it. Here's the first few lines (the rest will be in Dani's Shorts 2 available in a few weeks). Yes, the function words can be translated, but the adjectives and verbs are 'feelings' of words...

Tunktan eh Lamar

Squening im ulm loval smay, flaffling dun, wheaped upe du kartnal, du bartli henness uff du narted yoff mitt u. Nat zark ohn loval smay, varnig loval smay. Ha!

"Tunktan! Tunktan! Offanar il? Tunktan!"

Ulm fissart turpt, e narnared imtu du kartnalnu.

"Lamar, ulm balting fiss, dute datte il dana?"

"Tunktan, ulm balting Tunktan! Luzorn wid u!"

Olm luzorn fanass du kartnalantar, sissing eh flissing ath lovatt datte.

"Pah, Lamar, il gontlo ath olm datte im olm finky lanty marr."

"Tunktan, il luzom ath il mingala datte."

Olm smuzzeed eh kluzzeed eh crottched mumuze.

'Dark Space' FREE!!!

Yes!
'Dark Space', that great little sci-fi written by my buddy Jasper T. Scott is FREE for 5 days!
So, if you haven't got it yet, you should pick it up...
For those on Amazon.com, here's the link http://bit.ly/darkspace14
For those in the UK, here's the link :-) http://bit.ly/darkspaceian
And here's his website...
http://www.jaspertscott.com/
Please click away! It's FREE!