Started writing it two decades ago,406Please respect copyright.PENANAKBeHqp00iE
Using a pseudonym for first/last time,406Please respect copyright.PENANAJlSIzkwC3I
To protect the guilty and innocent,406Please respect copyright.PENANAGfqB1XhrSg
In this autobiographical work.406Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8dvYYKAig
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Life got in the way of reliving it,406Please respect copyright.PENANAD5P1pnOzNV
Work, wife, parents with health issues, now gone,406Please respect copyright.PENANAfHMJcovfNd
Back burners full of overflowing pots,406Please respect copyright.PENANASL7srHvWfm
The sands of time quickly sifting through my fingers.406Please respect copyright.PENANADKltz8TAOL
406Please respect copyright.PENANADbhCjUxeEH
Serious writing projects completed,406Please respect copyright.PENANABAIOn4YGCp
A dozen plus books published,406Please respect copyright.PENANAm08jhPkWpF
Others yet to come, new lectures to plan,406Please respect copyright.PENANAlGykEmlunm
New courses to develop and to teach.406Please respect copyright.PENANApwYWhT4rRt
406Please respect copyright.PENANAtM5zhfZXrj
My story untold, lessons learned unfurled,406Please respect copyright.PENANAwEP5umV5gD
But not not written down to pass down my truth,406Please respect copyright.PENANAwmsMx1X0S5
About things I know much more than I'd like,406Please respect copyright.PENANAdHpmBWeavb
And others should learn, in old age and youth.406Please respect copyright.PENANActimaTwFie
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Place bound for now on an imposed lockdown,406Please respect copyright.PENANAmZZt5UU347
Chained to my desk like galley slaves to oars,406Please respect copyright.PENANA6H3oz7ybFi
Taping lectures, attending Zoom meetings,406Please respect copyright.PENANAH8mcqaw3JJ
Depression abounds, if not joy or sleep.406Please respect copyright.PENANATtn0Z8fakG
406Please respect copyright.PENANA56nMc9ZssM
So I'm back again, reliving the past,406Please respect copyright.PENANAPqtsyfH5JE
In memory still green, though browning in parts,406Please respect copyright.PENANAH3rpJ3GHdu
Taking poetic license where I must,406Please respect copyright.PENANATQcKmqbOm0
But gently as a child's butterfly kiss.406Please respect copyright.PENANAgGrm0GfCxB
406Please respect copyright.PENANAjguZhF5ErX
Nearly nine thousand words today for just,406Please respect copyright.PENANACCeE68tqaC
One day's events that sowed a thousand seeds,406Please respect copyright.PENANAqz71rtoqyS
That sprouted, flourished and died or were pecked,406Please respect copyright.PENANAT3oZ91mCHT
By hungry vultures out of existence.406Please respect copyright.PENANA1BeOBWnNt7
406Please respect copyright.PENANAAE0gBCrfIb
Remembering a day in my career,406Please respect copyright.PENANAvhbY3UFY0b
When I still viewed the world with bright, clear eyes,406Please respect copyright.PENANAFuwxlQxOoQ
And had not opened doors I could not close,406Please respect copyright.PENANA4vTk2RbiVI
Or walked by closed doors I should have opened.406Please respect copyright.PENANAmsffrdPpvb
406Please respect copyright.PENANAJkHyxY7M3H
My world and heart were then innocent, pure,406Please respect copyright.PENANAD4ou192W5W
Full of good intentions waiting to burst,406Please respect copyright.PENANASr7gP71acC
From a chest that could hardly hold them back,406Please respect copyright.PENANAZKbORgfcZA
Foolishly thinking they could change the world.406Please respect copyright.PENANAypbMAbtQiq
406Please respect copyright.PENANABGvcTdM4g1
The painful memories I now drown in,406Please respect copyright.PENANAwDKOYltFth
I will not disclose. The pain I've given,406Please respect copyright.PENANA2XbWRndHcG
The pain I've received, I'll whitewash away,406Please respect copyright.PENANASVHxdhyozw
To protect myself and those I have loved.406Please respect copyright.PENANA9t0CbXwFy2
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I'll limit my journey to work alone,406Please respect copyright.PENANAmJLHiFYhT4
Describe what I've learned that others should know,406Please respect copyright.PENANAJvOnLyVkbe
Weave the personal with transparent thread,406Please respect copyright.PENANAGVql5yt2eG
The professional with thickest red yarn.406Please respect copyright.PENANArhbS6uQ7ax
406Please respect copyright.PENANAdOchRYcm7l
I'll search for an agent when it is done,406Please respect copyright.PENANAYXC9pOwsDc
As I'd like it read, unlike indie books,406Please respect copyright.PENANAiu7Mgh36ez
And I believe it will find a market,406Please respect copyright.PENANA7Bpx5rS84I
For it will reveal some essential truths.406Please respect copyright.PENANABVJbBMkKYF
406Please respect copyright.PENANAFkUlIunbPD
It will teach much more that all need to know,406Please respect copyright.PENANA2dm3fszYPx
Than my life's work: Lectures, books, articles,406Please respect copyright.PENANAClUpGYolBo
Poetry, fiction, blogs, presentations,406Please respect copyright.PENANAi2wSrsgMW6
Hope I can write it before my life ends.406Please respect copyright.PENANA6m8OkxqHcS
406Please respect copyright.PENANA8eDXqt5P0G
My sand's running out, tick tock cries the clock,406Please respect copyright.PENANAzIDkoL2BGF
Hope lockdown provides, end to writer's block.406Please respect copyright.PENANAjqwkNjDV2h
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Victor D. Lopez
ISSUE #7
On Writing My First Novel (poem)
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Last updated: Mar 24, 2026
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