One more time, I would like to thank everyone who read my poems. I appreciate each and every one of you. With my poetry collection now complete, I’m moving on to the second half of “The Past, Present, and Future.” This, of course, will be my first novel. The code name for this project is “A New Beginning,” which is how I will refer to it until it is published. “A New Beginning” is also the quasi-beginning of a bigger project I have in mind. As I have mentioned before, though, that is a story, or adventure, for another day….
As you can see from the updated countdown, my goal is to have “A New Beginning” published by the one-year anniversary of the creation of this blog. In the meantime, I plan to use this blog to publish snippets from “A New Beginning” and updates on the writing process. Additionally, I may even publish a poem from time to time. Again, I thank everyone for their support. Tonight I raise a glass to each of you; metaphorically, of course. Although, I do love a good party… With that, I leave everyone for now with one last poem:
An Empty Bottle of Rum
Shaking bats from my head,
I awoke and saw an empty bottle of rum.
Somewhere, Hunter S. Thompson
Was tipping his cap.
The laptop, that infuriating laptop,
It was there too.
Shaking out one last bat,
I knew the journey had begun.
The rum-filled days of youthful summer,
Now a thing of the past.
The responsibility of middle-aged fall,
Greeted me along my present path;
With future promise of old age,
And lazy winter days.
The rebirth of spring,
Hopefully far, far away….
by Cody McCullough
Photo by Elizabeth McCullough
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I look forward to reading the finished project 🙂 Keep us updated indeed!
I will. I’m glad you’re looking forward to the finished project.
I am looking forward to what is coming…….:)
Thanks for always supporting my blog. I’m glad you’re looking forward to what is coming. I hope you enjoy it.
All the best in your writing quest.
Thank you. I appreciate your support.
Future isn’t so far away, is it?
Not really. Of course whenever you reach it, a new one is born.
Future is unattainable; the present is opportunity enough. Now is all there is, for who can live in tomorrow or yesterday?
Let’s have a lot of rum together and I tell stories 🙂
Sounds like fun. I’m down for it.
It’s been epic…..
Thank you very much. I’m glad you liked it.
Good luck with the publishing process. I wish you all the best. Keep me posted on your advancement. 😀
I’ll need all the luck I can get. I’m cautiously optimistic, but the publishing process is, well, the publishing process. We shall see how it goes. Fortunately, I don’t have to worry about that now. I just need to finish up the writing part.
Good luck with the book!k.
Thank you. I appreciate the support.
Good luck with your book.
Thank you for your support. I’m excited for this new adventure.
Good luck in your writing goals. As a writer myself, I can say completing a novel is hard, painful, challenging, and one of the most rewarding things you can accomplish. I wish you all the best.
Thank you for you warm wishes. I’m beginning to understand what you mean by hard, painful, and challenging. I’m really looking forward to the rewarding accomplishment part.
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