Continuing the theme from my last post, allow me to expound upon my written creative work, while we still have a splash or two of my abstract art to not so much illustrate my words, as to decorate them. Unfortunately some of the first things I got published online were at a site no longer in existence. Then back in September of 2007 I started getting articles and art work published with Triond. I published several works with them from that time till December of 2012. You can see my Triond work through the links and clickable thumbnails at my Bill M. Tracer Triond Profile Page. Unfortunately, the quality of Triond and its many affiliates declined over time, correspondingly as did the pay rates for Triond content creators. The difficulties compounded in 2012 with many issues, relating to lingering server problems, and unresolved disputes over faulty counting software. As a result, I decided to stop publishing anything new with Triond or its affiliates. We had a nice run, but like with many things in life it has a season, or a chapter, and then the page turns. We move on.
After leaving Triond, I tried out Bubblews, but left them behind, mainly due their not paying money they still owe me, and I fully expect to never see. I do still have content there at Bill M. Tracer at Bubblews, but like Triond, I don't plan to publish anything more at Bubblews. In March of 2014 I published that first non-fiction book I spoke of in my last post. Will the Published Internet Achieve Sentience? by BMT Studio Creations. Then it was just three months later in June of that same year that I got my first science fiction book published, with Cosmographic Publishing. To Mars To Stay: To Mars To Die by Bill M. Tracer. As before, I created my own cover art for this book, which is available as either paperback or e-book at Amazon.
Here is an excerpt from the blurb about this book:
Valles Marineris, Mars: AD 2047 Eric Sheffield stood at a rocky outcropping overlooking Eos Chasma. The huge gorge, near the eastern end of Valles Marineris, stretched before him imposingly. By comparison, this enormous valley made the Grand Canyon of Earth look like a small riverbed. The weather lingered calm that day. Eric noticed a diminutive dust cloud momentarily lift, and then drift far off within the deep ravine. Like those shifting Martian sands, his mind wandered in placid reverie, soaking up the breathtaking view. Bill M. Tracer, the rogue philosopher, artist, metaphysicist, Science Fiction enthusiast, and writer of that thought provoking stuff, conveys a cautionary science fiction tale looking at how a step that seems so right, to expand the horizons of Human exploration, might too easily descend into a misstep, spiraling down the hole of reckless abandon of the mind, body and soul.
Here is an excerpt from the blurb about this book:
Valles Marineris, Mars: AD 2047 Eric Sheffield stood at a rocky outcropping overlooking Eos Chasma. The huge gorge, near the eastern end of Valles Marineris, stretched before him imposingly. By comparison, this enormous valley made the Grand Canyon of Earth look like a small riverbed. The weather lingered calm that day. Eric noticed a diminutive dust cloud momentarily lift, and then drift far off within the deep ravine. Like those shifting Martian sands, his mind wandered in placid reverie, soaking up the breathtaking view. Bill M. Tracer, the rogue philosopher, artist, metaphysicist, Science Fiction enthusiast, and writer of that thought provoking stuff, conveys a cautionary science fiction tale looking at how a step that seems so right, to expand the horizons of Human exploration, might too easily descend into a misstep, spiraling down the hole of reckless abandon of the mind, body and soul.
In that same book, I also included a bonus short story, “Hello I, This is H”, which made it to the 2015 finalists for a MidSouth local award, known as the Darrel l Awards, which are presented annually at MidSouth Con in support of MidSouth Literacy by recognizing the best published Science Fiction, Fantasy and/or Horror in Short Story, Novella, Novel, Young Adult & Other Media formats. While I didn’t make it all the way to the top, it was an honor to be among the finalists.
This post is getting long, so I’ll continue my thoughts on my past creative ventures, including several e-book short stories I have published and that are currently available at Amazon Kindle, in my next blog post, which will be Part 2 of Creative Past Endeavors. In order to see all of the works I have currently published and that are available at Amazon, I refer you to my Amazon Author Page.
This post is getting long, so I’ll continue my thoughts on my past creative ventures, including several e-book short stories I have published and that are currently available at Amazon Kindle, in my next blog post, which will be Part 2 of Creative Past Endeavors. In order to see all of the works I have currently published and that are available at Amazon, I refer you to my Amazon Author Page.