I went on a short story writing binge in December. I published six short stories earlier this year, most of them in SFWA pro magazines. Currently, I have three more stories pending publication. I hope the ones I'm writing now can find a good home in 2013. I hadn't written any new short stories for a while, because I spent most of my time working on two novels: Rogue Knight and Tunnel at the End of the Dark . Most of my finished novels have been for young adults. I would not be uncomfortable with thirteen-year-olds reading any of these novels. If they were movies their ratings would likely be PG with just a suggestion of the low-end of PG13 . Even the curses tend to be mild and suitable for tender ears. Sometimes the subject matter is more mature, but probably not as explicit as an after 7:00 TV show. On the other hand, my novel-in-progress, Rogue Knight, is at the upper end of young adult. If it were a movie, I would rate it a solid PG13 , with tendencies towards an R .
Herein, I blog my writing experiences. What does that have to do with a mimosa? Not only is the mimosa a drink, it is also a tree. A paper in a scientific journal from 1917 suggests the mongoose uses mimosa leaves to treat himself for snakebites. This blog is my way of doctoring my writing mishaps. - Ronald D. Ferguson