Pernell Rogers – Writer

Archive for January, 2022

Hello all. Just a report on my progress. I’m finishing the first draft of my fifth novella (+20,000 words). I’ve never had five first drafts waiting. I still have two or three more stories to go, and I’m not sure how long they will take. I’m finding I’m able to write much more when I have classical music playing in the background at a low level.

As for my latest collection, it’s in the hands of my editor. I told her about the specific concerns I had, and that I want to write better stories. She’s been very helpful in the past, and I can’t wait to see what she discovers among all those stories. Well, that’s all for now. Take care and stay safe!

Hi all! Well, I broke through that scene. HURRAY! But it led me to another emotional scene, but this time as I wrote it, I kept my emotions in check, concentrating on only the words and not the emotions attached to them. It was hard and tears welled, but none fell. I’m dreading editing this story, when the time comes.

This story is flowing from my head at an unprecedented rate. A few days ago I wrote over 5000 words! The next day was 3000, and yesterday, I wrote 1000 in about 90 minutes. I’ve never had a story flow so well. Act 1 of the first draft is complete. Now the meat of the story lies ahead. Take care and stay safe!

Hi all! I finished the first draft of my last story and started working on a new one. I started this story in late 2018, but set it aside. I’ve resurrected it, I’m finishing it now. But I had to stop – TWICE!

Why?

There’s a scene on the street, I wrote back in 2019, between three people, and it’s so moving, I start crying as I read it, and that SUCKS! I have to get past that scene to continue the story. I tried yesterday and failed. I tried today and failed. I have to find a way to take out the emotion out. This by far is my grittiest story where the supernatural element plays a small role. It is also the closest to my heart since it takes place in my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.

I’ll find some way to get through this. Take care and stay safe!

Hello all! If you’ve peruses my sight before, and read my interview and the short blurbs for each of my stories, you know that many of them are based on my love of horror comics. Well, if you’d want a glimpse of those horror comics, I direct you to watch the movie Creepshow (1982) by George Romero. It’s an anthology of horror stories with the original screenplay written by Stephen King.

There are three Creepshow movies, with individual stories told within, and Shudder (part of Amazon Prime Video) has created the third season of Creepshow the Televsion Series. But, the visuals that capture me every time I watch either form of media, are the illustrations and advertisements in the comics. I can still remember receiving my X-Ray glasses from the first time I ordered something in the mail.

So much of my childhood was wrapped within those comics, and they introduced me to the horror genre. I must admit, whenever I watch Creepshow, I pause the program so I can scan the ads, and the dialogue when the stories begin.

Hello all! I’m continuing with my journey of writing all my first draft, and I just finished another one. Just over 15,000 words. When I came up with the story concept, I thought is would be novel length, but it looks like it might end up as a novella, and that’s fine.

As for my latest collection of stories, I spoke with my editor, who’s been very busy. She’ll be getting to my stories soon. I’m slightly behind schedule for the collection, but as I stated in and earlier post, I forgot one extremely import step in my editing process. Look out for it soon. Take care and stay safe!