New Writing Project

I’ve shelved editing all PK’s three novellas and writing his fourth one. I have also shelved Ryan’s Trigeminal Neuralgia Trilogy as well as his “reboot” story. I’m about to embark on a story that scares the fire out of me.

A few months ago I forget what I was doing, but I saw Ryan, my friendly neighborhood fighter pilot, flying in his F/A-39 Crusader, dodging and weaving fireballs as they fell from heaven. I shook my head and said, “Ezekiel 38 and 39.” I quickly jotted the idea down in my new spiral notebook as not to forget the intriguing idea.

Yes, intriguing and with some trepidation thrown in; this would be a great responsibility to write fiction along with Biblical Prophecy. I took a Daniel/Revelation course at Miami Christian College; I know this wouldn’t be an easy assignment for I know the warning of Revelation 22 and other Biblical ones. I thought about End of Times story off and on, but nothing serious. It became a struggle to write PK, it’s never a hard to thing to write about that fruitcake pumpkin. The harder I tried to write his fourth story the more the creative drought worsened. A few weeks ago I was sitting in church and I heard God’s inaudible voice, “Brian, what about that story?”

“Yes, Lord,” I replied in my mind and God slowly opened the spigot to my creativity. The flow continued even as I was lying in bed ready to go to sleep. I prayed that He would allow me to remember the ideas that were appearing in my mind.

In the morning I awoke and those ideas were still there. I jotted them down; hours later I was coming home from work and God opened the spigot again. Again I asked Him to allow me to remember the ideas when I got home. He did and I opened up my notebook and wrote them down.

I have five to six pages of notes for this unnamed story. I’m still not sure how to write this since my character is already a Christian and I’ve never been to Israel. I know I need to take some creative liberty, but how much and not cut into Biblical accuracy. However, no matter, I’m going to write it.

Please pray, thank you.

Camp NaNoWriMo

Despite battling TN induced brain fog, Teal Beast Rising is over 30,000 words; making it an official winner for Camp NaNoWriMo. However, it feels like a hollow victory. The second entry of my Trigeminal Neuralgia trilogy is far from completed. I'm going to set it aside and probably won't get back to it until I completely edit A Wolf in Gotham, the first TN "novel".

30 Years

Unhappy 30th birthday to my first ever TN attack, it came in disguise as a toothache. It was the most excruciating pain attack I've ever had, outside coming off Gabapentin. I was in the barracks of Charlie Company 124 Signal Battalion. I was on the floor doing something, I stood and collapsed onto my bed in utter agony. I was in the fetal position, I don't remember much but keeping my hand on my throbbing left temple. I could feel the pain pulsate in perfect rhythm of my throbbing vein.

An Army dentist removed the tooth on March 2, 1987, however, the "headaches" continued. They disappeared in the summer only to return in the winter. The pain came back and forth in various disguises over the next twenty years until the spring of 2007 when it mercilessly struck my left eye.

Teal Beast Rising

Teal Beast Rising, the second installment of a planned Trigeminal Neuralgia trilogy is in the official outlining stage. It will consists of my short stories from 2009-2012. The story will also contain new original material tying in the short stories into novel form.

Fibromyalgia-Trigeminal Neuralgia Edit

I made this for a dear sweet friend I've known since my earliest writing days on Myspace. She suffers from chronic pain much like I do, when I feel like I can't go on I see her writing on despite her pain. It gives me the strength to persevere because mine isn't as bad as hers. Plus she's made so many wonderful edits for me it's time to return the favor.

February 10, 2017 in Pictures

Winter Rain

Yesterday the Florida skies looked like this, photo doesn't do it justice. I used to love days like this, I thanked God for these days. They were cool, pleasant. I didn't have to wear sunglasses, but those were the days before TN.

It rained nearly the whole day, gratuitous amounts of liquid sunshine; aggravating my Trigeminal nerve. I can handle a Florida palmetto pounder, winter rain just drives me nuts. The temperature never rose above 55 degrees, I don't care where you live, that's cold for that mutinous nerve.

Today the sun is out and the nerve is still simmering my scalp. It's not too bad, but it's where I can't write a start I want to start. The pain's better than yesterday, keep the faith.