Saturday, August 3, 2013

The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back - A Poem

This is a short poem I wrote. One might say that it is about the current state of the world. Enjoy.
-JW

The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back

JW Ball


The straw that broke the camel's back
The star who bent at world's attack
The crack that ruptured continents
The book that maimed all faith and sense
The man who toppled great empires
The spark that started forest fires

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Camp NaNoWriMo - Mission Successful!

I have succeeded at Camp NaNoWriMo! I wrote a grand total of 60,931 words this month, with an additional 20,000 before the month began to bring the novel's word count up to...drumroll please...

80,931 WORDS!!!!!!!!

And it turns out I got my word goal just right! At that exact amount of words, I finished the first draft of my novel. And now, to unveil the TITLE!

Broken Thief: The Taskforce, #1