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If any writer followers see this, what all do you do to increase and better your vocabulary? Aside from reading the dictionary lol. I’m working through a Webster vocabulary builder book and it’s not bad.

Hey happy Saturday everyone! Here is the first page of my latest short story Sanctification. If you want to read more go here www.lancebennie.ca/sanctificati...

When that creative well is empty, it's time to start pouring some juice back into it. About a week ago I talked about how I got the manuscript review of 'Purpose' done. It was a lot to take in, at the same time I was also really deep into the new project. The result, well I questioned ...

New blog post is up with updates on the current manuscripts and other fun stuff! Check it out.

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It's easy to look at bestselling authors and think that writing always comes easily to them. They sit down to write and the words flow effortlessly.

But I can promise you that no writer has it all figured out.

Water Reclamation Dam: North America, West Coastline - 40 years post apocalyptic event “What do you mean I can’t pass” Gale the Ghoul yelled back to the Raiders face guarding the gate. “I was just here the other day picking up my stamps!” He pointed to the Raiders chest. “Watch it Gale” Rick the Raider set up his hand and calmly said, trying to defuse the Ghoul. “Just because you and I have a friendly arrangement” Rick pointed back and forth several times with the sickle in his hand. “Doesn’t mean that they do” he pointed towards the line of other Ghouls waiting single file; the line stretching an uncounted distance back. The gate where they were rotating through was maybe a quarter way up the Dam’s long highway length. “Remember, this.....” Rick pointed to Gales chest. “Is a privilege” Rick pushed the quite words with his sickle slightly into Gales chest. Pulling Gales attention away from the other similar lines with similar inhabitants, different in looks and lines only, folding past the one with the Ghouls; lines along lines as wide as the Dam was. Levelling each other in length as they moved ahead at their own speed and pace towards their own gates; just like the interstates that used to connect them together in another line and another time. Gale rubbed and pinched where his nose used to be, looking over the edge of the Dam; their line being the furthest on one side of the Dam. ‘Privilege, a privilege I bought and paid for, a hundred fold over by now’ he rubbed under his black bagged and holed eyes, trying to rub an idea into existence that wasn’t coming. Glancing back to Rick “Common, we can work somethi….” Gale was cutoff from the siren going off ahead of them at the gate where he was headed. The red pulse lighting the night sky over the Dam, blue flashes from tiny lights edging them in formation in the line he and them stood, strobing and beeping along

Hey everyone! In the spirits of nanowrimo, I am starting to share a few pages of my work. Last week I posted the first page of a short story and I am doing the same today.

Here is the first page of The Crossing. If you want to read more go here: www.lancebennie.ca/thecrossing

Got the Purpose manuscript back from the guild, with feedback! Well the manuscript review from the writers guild came back sooner than expected. It was an odd manuscript, it was my first one and the first part was written almost four or five years ago, the rest w...

Yo it's Friday which means a new blog post. Check it out if you want.

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‘’Okay Justin’’ the woman placed her notebook and recorder on the table. ‘’I’m Patty. I’ll be doing this years evaluation of your hospital recovery’’ she sat down opening her notebook and turned the recorder on. ‘’’My names Patty L. One of the psychologist’s at Chance Medley Asylum. Lets start at the beginning Justin.’’ She looked up from the file in the notebook. “Tell me about the car ride again” Patty asked him over the table, the only table, sitting in the center of a white room; a singular door in and out. “I already did” Justin snapped back from his lost gaze and thoughts in the far right corner of the room. The eyes of the terror that only he could see. ‘Just another shrink. What are you? The tenth, twelfth. All fucking cunts you are. Talk to one every year I’m in this nut house. I belong in it but that’s beside the point. I don’t want to be here and I’ve talked to you before.’ He twisted and constricted his arms at the thought. The white cotton of the straight jacket made to constrict his upper body, the scrape and burn against his skin increasing as he twisted back and forth. “Let me out of this” he looked her up and down; once over as he said it. “And I’ll tell you alright” staring at her nose, the center of it flapping down over her lips. ‘Let me out, and I’ll break that nose like a folded noose knot’ “Play along” He looked back to the corner of the room again. The terror only his eyes could see walking towards them with the words. “Just for now, at least.” The young woman whispered calmly; twisting each word with her sinister and sweet grin. Her grey hair covering her shoulders; her soft firm voice pushing his gaze back to Patty’s face with a flip of her hair. ‘’Do you still see her?’’ Patty followed his gaze asking the question.

Okay so my previous post was some words that were the start of my first short story. I naively just put the word limit but now I am being smart and attaching the first page of my first short story The Crossroads. Read if you want! If you want to read more click here: www.lancebennie.ca/thecrossroad

If you want to read more go here: www.lancebennie.ca/thecrossroad

‘’Okay Justin’’ the woman placed her notebook and recorder on the table. ‘’I’m Patty. I’ll be doing this years evaluation of your hospital recovery’’ she sat down opening her notebook and turned the recorder on. ‘’’My names Patty L. One of the psychologist’s at Chance Medley Asylum.

First day of nano. In that spirit I am going to post the first part of one of my short stories below this titled The Crossroad

Oh look nanowrimo or what’s left of it is around the corner Progress on the new project is coming along really well. This will likely be my nano project. Which is like a shame that nano died cause of some bad leadership but the spirit is still in the community...

Turns out the original link un-alived itself. So here is the correct one.

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New blog post is up!

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Waiting for a manuscript review is nerve racking and exciting. I got word that Purpose is in the capable hands of a writers guild member for review. I should have it back on or before late November early December. I hope this service provides some good feedback.O...

New blog post is up with updates on the new project and the first novel!

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The first book is edited and sent off for review!!!!!! Well as the title say's I finally finished the edits of Purpose. Talk about a weight lifted. It is now sent to the Alberta Writers Guild for feedback. So hopefully that comes back good and not many mo...

New blog post is up with some updates on my first book!

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Another Friday but I’ve actually done editing. Good news is editing of Purpose is coming along very well. Should have it done and submitted to the writers guild this weekend. I have used most of this week basically editing and done some writing on...

Another Friday another weeks of chapters edited. Lots of progress this week!!!!! First novel should be submitted for final feedback this weekend.

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Look It's a Late Blog post or was it planned all along? Did not make a Friday blog post as I had some errands get in the way but here we are.So first thing I changed the name of the first two short stories. TLDR they were too long so now The Woman At The C...

Hey look a new blog post. I changed the titles of my shorts so check that out.

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Hey look another blog post.

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Another Friday another day of editing slogged through I say slogged through as I've realized editing is my least desirable part and most lacking skill. It's improving and getting better but with more time I'm sure I will get a better system down for it. ...

Another Friday another blog post.

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The start of a new project is like a new drug high So as the title suggests I started the next writing project. It was a spur of the moment idea that came to me. It's true crime fiction but leaning more into literary fiction and some stream of conscio...

Ay Oo here is the new blog post. Check it out.

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Yo remember that Western short I was talking about? Well it's ready and here. I am really pleased with this one. During writing it, it took me in a few directions I did not think it would go. Man isn't that something; when your story takes it's own lif...

New blog post and a new short story! Holy shit. Happy Friday folks.

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The Western Short is done baby!! Well it has been busy around my parts with lots of background life stuff. I have some work coming my way which is going to be nice although it means writing more before work and after work which is fi...

New blog post is up homies. Check it out.

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You know the short story is good when you keep extending the word count Well I didn't post last week as I was in BC on vacation visiting some family, I have basically finished the western short. I extended it a bit here and there and think I am at a place to end it. I am ...

New blog post is up!

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YouTube video by TED Give yourself permission to be creative | Ethan Hawke | TED

This is still one of the most inspiring talks I’ve ever listened to.

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Making progress is like the greatest high ever Been a very productive week. I got a solid chunk of the western short done, it’s sitting around 5,500 words at the moment. I’m very pleased with how it’s developing. I also made some more progress on ...

New blog post is up homies!!!

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Editing is god dam hard So I finished the first edit of 'Purpose'. It was mainly a once over while taking notes and making sure that most of the manuscript works in it's given state.Now comes the next part, where I take all ...

What’s up is another blog post

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Western's are in the AiR tonight Baby So work has continued on the western short story and the first part is coming along nice. It is tentatively titled Ivey Tales.In the spirit of westerns I have been going through season two of 1923. I ...

Hey what's up bluesky people. New blog post is up.

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Hey All,

My new short story is now posted on the website. Check it out here: www.lancebennie.ca/theghostandt...

Latest blog post is up. It’s got the link to my first short story.

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