False Starts, Roundabouts & Dead Ends:
A Writer's Clearinghouse

I've written numerous short stories over the years, and started—although never completed—a half dozen novels. For a litany of reasons, my writing was often interrupted by forces and events outside my creative control, and by the time I got back to it I'd discovered I'd developed new ideas and concepts that propelled me elsewhere. Although new novels were started, the old ones were left finished. Rather than allow these writings to languish anymore unread—and conspicuously unedited—I've decided to post them here if only to liberate myself of them, allowing me to start other projects with a sense of regeneration and renewal.

But be forewarned: these are all 'first drafts' and often suffer from a creative wordiness that has plagued me for decades (I always write "longwinded" knowing I'll trim and pare down later) and yet: scattered in the ordure an occassional gem or unexpected nugget sometimes catches the light just so and shines brilliantly. Where these can be found I am unable to say, since beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The excreta, on the other hand, is painfully apparent for all to see, so please, watch your step.