Daniel Bautz

Tag: Fiction

  • They Accepted My Short Story “Made Of Clay”

    They Accepted My Short Story “Made Of Clay”

    They Accepted My Short Story “Made Of Clay”

  • How I Got My Book Deal

    None of the rejection matters now. ​

  • My first word was Batman

    My big brother is a huge influence. Ben helped shape my interests from the moment my parents brought me home. My baby book is proof. My first word was Batman. The story goes that my brother, who at the age of four was already a bonafide comic book fanatic, was beyond thrilled to welcome a…

  • My Soul is at risk

    My Soul is at risk

    Never in the need for a payroll. It’s tight like that. But while money is necessary it never drove me. To my detriment it seems. My soul is at risk because the devil he knows. Ole Scratch knows what I want as much as the Boss does. The boss says work, but that midnight rider,…

  • 18,165,963 Reasons I’m A Better Writer Today

    18,165,963 Reasons I’m A Better Writer Today

    That’s how many words good old Grammarly has checked for me over the past five years. And each word I type helps make me a better writer. Every keystroke taps me one letter closer to that goal. For better or worse, I’m already a writer. I’m just not doing that for any significant income. But,…

  • Value of Work

    The value of work is equal to the value of persistence in improving your craft.

  • What To Do With A Screaming Head

    What to do with a screaming head? Great question, but that leads to more questions. Never one to just blithely charge without surveying the landscape, we must answer a few things. How big is the head? Bigger than a breadbox? What’s a breadbox anyway? Why is the head screaming? What is it screaming? Is the…

  • Giving up the ghost

    Slides by. That’s what time does, slicker than snot from a Boston terrier’s snoz. Looking back on all my stupid, and it’s a ponderous pile, I give up on worrying about it. The past is a vapor, and it likes to sneak up on a fellow if he’s prone to wallowing. Like that creaky floor,…

  • Quantity Produces Quality: Is This True?

    “Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you’re doomed.” Ray Bradbury The quote that I pulled this from comes from a most prolific writer of short stories and a legend, in my opinion. Ray Bradbury was nothing if not infinitely quotable. He’s an inspiration to any writer not holding an MBA or…

  • Editing and More Fun!

    I finished a short story today and I’m excited to edit it, tomorrow. I’m digging short stories. Fun to write and not so painful to edit! So hoping to submit before the end of the month! As crazy as it seems, I’m going to find a way to get my name out there. This feels…

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