Started writing it two decades ago,132Please respect copyright.PENANAqchUm6PiZ9
Using a pseudonym for first/last time,132Please respect copyright.PENANAGCPGFRk9Wv
To protect the guilty and innocent,132Please respect copyright.PENANAHU9ytlqFgj
In this autobiographical work.132Please respect copyright.PENANAHzNeRez7aQ
132Please respect copyright.PENANAKhDcIgw0eA
Life got in the way of reliving it,132Please respect copyright.PENANAFecsmkAz56
Work, wife, parents with health issues, now gone,132Please respect copyright.PENANAuGI5DXpx5y
Back burners full of overflowing pots,132Please respect copyright.PENANAsJxhcbrkVc
The sands of time quickly sifting through my fingers.132Please respect copyright.PENANAWfM3vhMDpa
132Please respect copyright.PENANArQSdjjr8yi
Serious writing projects completed,132Please respect copyright.PENANAc0xK4gnkik
A dozen plus books published,132Please respect copyright.PENANAXyGDxMEIJh
Others yet to come, new lectures to plan,132Please respect copyright.PENANAP3XihIX3gO
New courses to develop and to teach.132Please respect copyright.PENANAGCRaQdwTV6
132Please respect copyright.PENANAVl4YIxqNYY
My story untold, lessons learned unfurled,132Please respect copyright.PENANAkuUnpnuCCl
But not not written down to pass down my truth,132Please respect copyright.PENANAr4fPp5w8n1
About things I know much more than I'd like,132Please respect copyright.PENANAz2Sj9hHfSM
And others should learn, in old age and youth.132Please respect copyright.PENANAYUILcXDaaD
132Please respect copyright.PENANAqllqLnJXFG
Place bound for now on an imposed lockdown,132Please respect copyright.PENANAxhU4BL9BKZ
Chained to my desk like galley slaves to oars,132Please respect copyright.PENANAI69cXOZfNZ
Taping lectures, attending Zoom meetings,132Please respect copyright.PENANAYwA2bSUIuO
Depression abounds, if not joy or sleep.132Please respect copyright.PENANAQ43eL4uUeJ
132Please respect copyright.PENANAHIoXVnYdji
So I'm back again, reliving the past,132Please respect copyright.PENANAfSTV7YlN5M
In memory still green, though browning in parts,132Please respect copyright.PENANAHhw4Y2ztXC
Taking poetic license where I must,132Please respect copyright.PENANAl3OVWwEYQn
But gently as a child's butterfly kiss.132Please respect copyright.PENANAVbABgecM5i
132Please respect copyright.PENANAUS6avuAcnS
Nearly nine thousand words today for just,132Please respect copyright.PENANAVBcO4QUVQX
One day's events that sowed a thousand seeds,132Please respect copyright.PENANAeue8Ru1wz3
That sprouted, flourished and died or were pecked,132Please respect copyright.PENANAWxNAAOyiWT
By hungry vultures out of existence.132Please respect copyright.PENANAtjxGyGyU9D
132Please respect copyright.PENANA84GnChvSvH
Remembering a day in my career,132Please respect copyright.PENANAnv5jUsApcr
When I still viewed the world with bright, clear eyes,132Please respect copyright.PENANA5EYRqFFaMd
And had not opened doors I could not close,132Please respect copyright.PENANAmpBtN1B6yN
Or walked by closed doors I should have opened.132Please respect copyright.PENANAf7cwBiUriJ
132Please respect copyright.PENANAzufQq17RdG
My world and heart were then innocent, pure,132Please respect copyright.PENANAsO9EEZLvUA
Full of good intentions waiting to burst,132Please respect copyright.PENANAZtrtjv4Td6
From a chest that could hardly hold them back,132Please respect copyright.PENANABXSSMN96nB
Foolishly thinking they could change the world.132Please respect copyright.PENANAskCXDdAr7y
132Please respect copyright.PENANAezA5Ci4jCv
The painful memories I now drown in,132Please respect copyright.PENANAhKGymqJWMF
I will not disclose. The pain I've given,132Please respect copyright.PENANAW4prNl7eFD
The pain I've received, I'll whitewash away,132Please respect copyright.PENANA5aJmzY1Kbm
To protect myself and those I have loved.132Please respect copyright.PENANA4HFiUNpwgK
132Please respect copyright.PENANAairwvbN9s3
I'll limit my journey to work alone,132Please respect copyright.PENANABbo5K56lkn
Describe what I've learned that others should know,132Please respect copyright.PENANALYTqQKfPJZ
Weave the personal with transparent thread,132Please respect copyright.PENANAtlerFuvE1h
The professional with thickest red yarn.132Please respect copyright.PENANApCisYV5A1P
132Please respect copyright.PENANA6a0JtH8oWK
I'll search for an agent when it is done,132Please respect copyright.PENANAA4lV2pYiaL
As I'd like it read, unlike indie books,132Please respect copyright.PENANABoE49MhZea
And I believe it will find a market,132Please respect copyright.PENANARpGSsHyR8Y
For it will reveal some essential truths.132Please respect copyright.PENANARsDQB9sxq0
132Please respect copyright.PENANA5oluoXcaUi
It will teach much more that all need to know,132Please respect copyright.PENANAVWDo4QqgmF
Than my life's work: Lectures, books, articles,132Please respect copyright.PENANABLXeTUSbCu
Poetry, fiction, blogs, presentations,132Please respect copyright.PENANAEjqSiN8n4B
Hope I can write it before my life ends.132Please respect copyright.PENANATQD8ZwAwmX
132Please respect copyright.PENANATnWh4MsA63
My sand's running out, tick tock cries the clock,132Please respect copyright.PENANAF1DNJfPiqA
Hope lockdown provides, end to writer's block.132Please respect copyright.PENANAiRV8Ik0uMw
arrow_back
Victor D. López - Author's Blog
more_vert
-
info_outline Info
-
toc Table of Contents
-
share Share
-
format_color_text Display Settings
-
exposure_plus_1 Recommend
-
report_problem Report
-
account_circle Login
Search stories, writers or societies
Continue ReadingClear All
What Others Are ReadingRefresh
X
Never miss what's happening on Penana!
Victor D. López - Author's Blog
Author:
Victor D. Lopez

ISSUE #11
On Writing My First Novel (written poem)
LIKES 0
READS 128
BOOKMARKS 1

Click to load the next chapter
×
Victor D. López - Author's Blog
General
Last updated: Jun 27, 2025
Total word count: 4,934
Total reading time: 23 Minutes
Writer:
No tags yet.
Report this story
×
Write down what you like about the story
×
Reading Theme:
Font Size:
Line Spacing:
Paragraph Spacing:
Load the next issue automatically
Reset to default
×
People Who Like This