Back in Action

Sorry for the long wait, I'm going to be resuming the blog! I needed time off to focus on my book and clear my head. (Not to mention deal with a pesky plagiarizer!) Look forward to more of the same and the introduction of the new. Hope you didn't forget about me, and I can't wait to write more for you!

- B

REVISED UPDATE SCHEDULE

This is a notice of a break, in which I will be putting my blog on pause to devote 100% of my attention to finishing the FINAL rewrite of The Bard. I'm hoping to be done by the end of July or the middle of August! That is my personal deadline. I will be posting chapters now and again, so please subscribe via e-mail. I'm going to try to post a new entry every WEDNESDAY.

I feel this will take some of the pressure off me and allow me to better focus on the one project I should have been giving my absolute focus for quite some time now. As always, I thank you so much for sticking with me and being such amazing readers. When it comes to writing, I tend to treat what I want to write like an all you can eat buffet... overfilling my plate with so many delicious things that I can't finish any of them! I suppose pacing myself is the key... it's just hard when there are so many awesome stories I want to write! Aye, my head is a cluttered place!


Thanks again,


Bradley Bechtle  

Taking it to The Next Level

So it seems like I've finally gotten the hang of this whole blogging thing. Since I'm writing four books at once, working a part-time job and freelance writing to pay the bills, it's just unrealistic to promise you daily posts. However, I will promise you updates every other day to every two days. The content is going to shift to a more fiction and poetry focus rather than the seemingly random variety that I'd posted previously. I shall still be posting opinion pieces and bits about technology (Google Glass: Futuristic... and Freaky) and general philosophy (How to Never Read Past How to) though-- don't you worry.


Kinds of posts you can look forward to:

- More short stories
 ex: The Gunslinger's Last Stand
LABEL: Shortstory

- More serialized novella chapters
ex: "Vermilion Years - 2: Unman"
LABEL: Novella

- More insight on creative writing
ex: Writing Recipes: Protagonist Pie
LABEL: Tips

- Tons more 'quality' poetry :P
ex: "When Life Finally Finds Me"
LABEL: Poetry


I have exciting new ideas for this blog, like musical writing prompts, sequential plot puzzles and much more. Creativity and out of the box thinking is my forte-- and the title of the blog. I'm unorthodox and okay with it, and hopefully you'll enjoy it too! I will be focusing on networking and drawing in a larger audience to create a bit of an interactive experience. With my writing, I want to create worlds for you to become lost in. Experiences that you will always remember and come back to. Thank you, all my regular readers. Though few, you have been a great inspiration and a source of encouragement.



- B

Announcing My New Fantasy Series

credit to: ~dman, deviantART

Foreword

Scribes and songsters alike immortalize many a hero as they traverse through time— terraforming the past with their footprints. Daring knights pulling out sabers drenched in draconian blood… Mages toppling barbaric dynasties and repelling raiders with sheer force of mind… Peerless Elven marksmen summoning a hawk’s eyes to snipe out evil via treetop… The cunning stratagems of Shaadric thieves turned princes…  Resourceful Dwarven warriors crafting fate upon a hot myrthralean anvil … All such figures are commonplace epics in the annals of time, told through their various channels. Alas, the handsome champions of yore are propped up by the jewels reaped from their spoils, overshadowing the true saviors— too humble or foolish for fame.

   

Aye, this tale I shall tell is one you can now only hear in passing at a pub— uttered drunkenly by a godforsaken creature with the longevity to have the memory but without the airs to deny its existence. This is an unsung hero, ignored even in the wake of his greatest of triumphs.  Not forgotten but blacklisted from glory. Though fully deserving of the praise, fate played out in the hero’s favor anyway as anonymity was his only desire in life. Ugliness hath spared the soul in question from the limelight, and though he left this harsh realm without a tombstone and barren treasury his blood still courses through the veins of his closest companion… and his impact on the world remains. When the master scribe’s scrolls unravel, this tale shall be omitted… but I am writing it nonetheless. There shall be nothing to substantiate my claims. for a request for this story even mutes the boldest bards.

The hero’s life, though tragic, drips with so many important defining moments that I am forced to tell it in its entirety, beginning at its very start so as not to rob you of the full effect. Rest assured that I am a man of numbers and logic, devoid of the fancy regularly associated with practitioners of my craft. There shall be no falsehood, bias or embellishment— just the absolute truth, magically transcribed from time itself. I have no motive, no lesson to teach. I make no request of you beyond your ear for a day or two.  You shall be better for listening anyway, at the very least for amusement’s sake. For it is a tale without equal, filled to the brim with heart, intrigue… and bloodshed.  

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Bear With Me Please?

Hey guys!

Today I'd like to post to just apologize for my lack of posting as of late. I've been so busy with my book and such that I've had very little time to post regularly. Originally, I was going to be posting poems on a daily basis to fill the gap, but since the quality of my work fell by doing so (see previous entry) I'd like you to just bare with me for a bit as I get done what needs to be done.

I'm actually considering taking this blog to the next level and begin to promote and network outside of Google+ so I can expand my reader base and make blogging a legitimate source of revenue. That way, I'll have more time to focus on my writing, and delivering you enjoyable blog posts as well as finish the final draft on my to-be-published novel The Bard.

Unfortunately, this means I will be adding advertisements to the website. For the time being they may be a bit intrusive because, quite frankly, I have no clue as to what I'm doing on that front. I assure you, I'm doing my best though! I want to provide advertisements that would be literature and technology related. Hey, if they have to be here... they might as well be useful, right?

Please comment here to describe your experience with the ads on, and if it's negative I'll do my best to fix them despite my limited knowledge on the subject. If it gets too annoying, I'll just go back to being advertisement free, because honestly the only reason I'm adding them is to generate funding to support my writing.

 Thanks again for your continued support and understanding. I promise that by the time May rolls around, I'll be posting at a semi-daily rate again with high quality posts of various sorts!

Your blogger,

B

EDIT: Decided to not sell out! Staying ad free. Enjoy, friends.

Break Notice

Going to be taking a week or so off from blog writing to focus on the final rewrite of my upcoming book. I will likely be posting a few short articles and will likely add a few poems daily-- perhaps even novella chapters. Sorry to those of you who have come to enjoy my blog! I assure you, after I get caught up with my deadlines, I will be once again posting lengthy entries for your reading pleasure.

- B

The Bard Facebook Page Launched

It's not much to look at right now, but here's the official (ha) Facebook page for my upcoming novel The Bard. I will be posting regular updates and communicating with those interested.

https://www.facebook.com/TheBardBook?ref=stream

"Still struggling to pick up the pieces of his own shattered life, Detective Edison Locard finds himself unable to dent the growing stack of unsolved homicides piling up on his desk. On the top of the pile is the case of the 'CEO-Killer,' a high profile serial-killer that has eluded the man's capture for years. Once the NYPD's finest investigator, the bright but broken man finds himself reduced to a glorified paper pusher. 

In a strange twist of fate, a mysterious song airs on the radio that knocks Ed out of his slump and into the fray. The song's lyrics convey a peculiar message- the guilt of a killer from one of the detective's unsolved cases. The true identity of the musician turned vigilante remains cloaked in mystery, known only as 'The Bard.' 

Could a guitar be just the instrument the detective needs to purge NYC of evil? Or will the Bard's theatrics miss their mark end up stirring something more sinister?"