I admit to you guys that one of my life goals is to publish a book. Along that line, I have written several short stories about some of my experiences, and some of the horses and customers I've known, and some made up BS that I think is amusing. All of them are mostly horse and cow related, but they aren't old-timey, Louis L'Amour style westerns.

It is with great trepidation that I make this offer. I have several stories that are pretty near the finished stage (at least I think so), and I'd like some opinions, as I've read them so many times, I don't think I can see the Forest for the Trees anymore. In fact, just this week I mailed off a bunch of them to my old High School English teacher, a Lady who is near and dear to my heart, for her thoughts in red ink. I'd really appreciate anyone else who would like to give them a read and tell me honestly what they think. I stress honestly, because I'm not looking for a "nice buck" pat on the back reply, but instead a "this one is too long" or "I couldn't understand what you were trying to say" useful reply, however, if you really do enjoy them, I'd appreciate hearing that also, as long as you mean it. I'm not looking for grammatical corrections, as most of them are written in more of a speaking style than a Good and Proper English style. I mostly want to know if they are any good, like would you buy a book composed of others like them, or recommend them to a friend. And let me assure you that I have thick skin (though this offer isn't being made to AR in general as we all know there are some here who exist solely to be assholes), and no hard feelings if you don't like them. I'm not the most computer savvy guy around, and I only know how to send them via snail mail, or email as an attachment.
If anyone would like to give my stories a read, just PM me or reply here, and I'll send them your way.

thanks

Daniel

BTW, these are just short stories, and you could probably read all of them in 20-30 minutes or less.

I also hope that doing this isn't any sort of violation of AR rules, but I don't see why it would be.

Sending them along. Thanks Justin.

Appreciate the review, and I hope you like the others as well. I'll look up Ben k Green and give him a try. One of my favorite authors btw is a guy named Ralph Moody. He wrote a book called "Little Britches" that turns into a series of books about his growing up from boyhood into manhood during a time when automobiles were new, and people still traveled horseback. That book is one of my most prized possessions.

daniel77, I don't hang out here much, mebe I should. I'd like to read whatever you've written.

And BTW Ralph Moody is a favorite of mine also. I tried to read everything he wrote, however I don't know if I go t'em all.

I'll send you a pm with my e-mail addy. Regards, Woody

That particular story is completely fabricated, including that name. An older man, that I rented a horse pasture from in college, did have a bull calf that would walk through fences. I also knew a man in MS. who used diesel on the fly wipes. Other than those two facts, nothing in that story really happened, except in my imagination.