Pernell Rogers – Writer

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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!

Hello all! All of my stories are free from now until January 1, 2002 at Smashwords.com. Create a free account and download your copies so you can enjoy a haunted Christmas!

Hi all! Just an update. Thankx to my beta readers, I discovered I’d forgotten an important editing step…I hadn’t listened to any of them. That’s where I catch the most grammar and plot mistakes. Re-writing stilted sentences and dialogue always take time.

Currently, I’m working on the sequel to ‘An Unexpected Evil’. I’ve already written the first 1000 words of the first draft. I still have other stories I’ve started but never finished, so I’m going to change how I attack them.

I want to get my first drafts down on paper first. Once a few stories are out of my head, I can focus on editing them in the same order. Rotating them in such a fashion will give me a chance to forget what I wrote in the previous draft. Finally, once they’ve all been self-edited, I can send them to my editor in a quick fashion and publish them relatively close to one another. I’ll see how it works out.

As always, Take Care!!!

Hello all! I’ve finished my final revisions for the eight stories of my upcoming collection. I’ll be sending them off to my editor very soon. In the meantime, I have a beta reader examining each story so I can get an assessment of their quality.

Now it’s time to find a cover. The working title at the moment is ‘Beyond the Abyss’. It may change as I try to find a common element among all the stories. Right now, I don’t there there is, so the title is very general.

I’m still reading ‘An Unexpected Evil’ so I can develop a sequel to it. Still don’t have a plot devised, but I know where I want to go. I just don’t know where it should end. There may be a third sequel, but I won’t know until I finish the second one. Take care!!!

Hello all. I’m finishing my last edits for my next collection of stories. Six stories are completed, and only two more to go. Next, I’ll send them to my beta readers, and then off to the editors. It still looks like I may publish it by the end of the year.

Stay tuned!

Hello all! I took nearly three years, but I finally finished my first real novel (at least the first draft) on August 12 @ 9:12pm. It was one of the hardest and most pleasurable tasks I’ve ever pursued. It won’t be my last.

I must admit, pulling that last chapter from my head caused me a lot of grief. I had a brief outline of what I wanted to happen, but my characters did not agree and went in their own direction. I truly became a little frightened because the end of the story took a life of its own. It seemed after I finished each paragraph, the story evaporated from my head, and I’d have to step away until it reappeared.

My next project will be a sequel to ‘An Unexpected Evil’. I’ve already started reading it, and I can see how much my writing has matured since I wrote that story. It could have been much more in-depth, but since I haven’t read it for so long, I’m surprised how it keeps my attention. The sequel will focus on the strange doctor that performed the procedure on Billy. Detective Winters, Constance, and Rebecca will make an appearance once again. I still don’t have an outline, but it will be coming as soon as I finished reading the story.

Everyone take care!

Hello all! I’m was so happy to jump back to finishing my novel, however, it was short-lived. I added a closing scene, something I thought was the climax of the story, only to find out I had many, many unanswered questions still dangling. The ending I had planned on wasn’t sufficient (actually it was anti-climactic), and I haven’t written a word since.

This is the first time this has happened to me, and it’s heartbreaking. I stare at the story, not knowing where to go for days on end. I created a notepad file, which explains what I have at the moment, all those dangling unanswered questions. It is another small document I stare at daily. But then something happened.

The Conjouring Part 3 is out on HBOMax right now, and I decided to watch the entire Conjouring Universe, in order. I’ve only seen The Nun and Annabelle in the past. I have to admit they are creepy movies, but they made me examine why I ended my story at that certain point. There is more that can be discussed and explained which may help tie up those loose ends. With that, I finally started composing a synopsis for the next beat in the scene (I’ve paused Annabelle so I could compose the beat and write this post). Once it’s complete, another chapter needs to be written (maybe two) to bring a real end to the story. After 10 days of staring at two documents, I can finally begin writing again!

Hello all! Finally, finally, finally! I’ve finally finished with this round of revisions for my new collection of stories. This last story was a bear since I had to create so much more material. From +12000 words to +17500 words, a big increase. Developing the many new scenes did not come easy. I’ll see how they read in 2-3 months when I start my next round of revisions for the collection.

Six months ago, I abandoned work on my novel to create this new collection. Now, I’ll be going back to my novel once more to finish it. One of the best parts is that I’ll have to reread the last portion so I can find out where I left off. Not only does it replant the story in my mind, but it will also act as a revision of sorts. Once the novel is finished, I have a new story waiting.

This new story will be part of my first series, and is based on the story ‘An Unexpected Evil’. I’ve been told that there could be much more to the story since I left so many open plotlines. It will be a challenge, but I’m up to it.