Started writing it two decades ago,412Please respect copyright.PENANAYQ4LXIORdy
Using a pseudonym for first/last time,412Please respect copyright.PENANAXGsnokoyfk
To protect the guilty and innocent,412Please respect copyright.PENANAS5mgY0aCQT
In this autobiographical work.412Please respect copyright.PENANALrDnJUwUYy
412Please respect copyright.PENANA2mEMJbcLaV
Life got in the way of reliving it,412Please respect copyright.PENANAEDyHdOUsIE
Work, wife, parents with health issues, now gone,412Please respect copyright.PENANA8NJe1ObX96
Back burners full of overflowing pots,412Please respect copyright.PENANAFZEAdHyyXq
The sands of time quickly sifting through my fingers.412Please respect copyright.PENANAVYGEtqBFeG
412Please respect copyright.PENANAS1NZaozUUp
Serious writing projects completed,412Please respect copyright.PENANAAD8Oh9S6U1
A dozen plus books published,412Please respect copyright.PENANABqqLYBSAc7
Others yet to come, new lectures to plan,412Please respect copyright.PENANAR7TWqxPJhF
New courses to develop and to teach.412Please respect copyright.PENANAj0lR3beYsu
412Please respect copyright.PENANAa1WoTNxCMW
My story untold, lessons learned unfurled,412Please respect copyright.PENANAZMnwUsfDZz
But not not written down to pass down my truth,412Please respect copyright.PENANAyGnuCdkGpe
About things I know much more than I'd like,412Please respect copyright.PENANAiFkFfIv8M7
And others should learn, in old age and youth.412Please respect copyright.PENANAtZU5DQdTUt
412Please respect copyright.PENANA2QHhIYPJdG
Place bound for now on an imposed lockdown,412Please respect copyright.PENANAB2iDXneCkV
Chained to my desk like galley slaves to oars,412Please respect copyright.PENANA46YjWYs10A
Taping lectures, attending Zoom meetings,412Please respect copyright.PENANADViMPfPYoL
Depression abounds, if not joy or sleep.412Please respect copyright.PENANAiD7w6SvtKx
412Please respect copyright.PENANAkORtaEtnQZ
So I'm back again, reliving the past,412Please respect copyright.PENANAhbMA6cL2ML
In memory still green, though browning in parts,412Please respect copyright.PENANA4Qleo0wbAg
Taking poetic license where I must,412Please respect copyright.PENANAwQKNtS05jm
But gently as a child's butterfly kiss.412Please respect copyright.PENANAapmVqQH9ct
412Please respect copyright.PENANAEEiXEFT8bl
Nearly nine thousand words today for just,412Please respect copyright.PENANAce6kH8rzkU
One day's events that sowed a thousand seeds,412Please respect copyright.PENANAaAerm3w9Xa
That sprouted, flourished and died or were pecked,412Please respect copyright.PENANAQzu0WUccpR
By hungry vultures out of existence.412Please respect copyright.PENANAeZkW1bF2qZ
412Please respect copyright.PENANA0bynSEjc7z
Remembering a day in my career,412Please respect copyright.PENANAxPNaYE1jBO
When I still viewed the world with bright, clear eyes,412Please respect copyright.PENANAfzrwoVQHW6
And had not opened doors I could not close,412Please respect copyright.PENANAE34TGdsTn1
Or walked by closed doors I should have opened.412Please respect copyright.PENANATBXOQo7jUn
412Please respect copyright.PENANAV1DaL0rbG6
My world and heart were then innocent, pure,412Please respect copyright.PENANAD7k1tiDcWX
Full of good intentions waiting to burst,412Please respect copyright.PENANAZHgXLLmIKr
From a chest that could hardly hold them back,412Please respect copyright.PENANAyIJcEUFdVU
Foolishly thinking they could change the world.412Please respect copyright.PENANAvvzmYbwJYS
412Please respect copyright.PENANA3FG8YLNEIR
The painful memories I now drown in,412Please respect copyright.PENANAgoUs4SiSKW
I will not disclose. The pain I've given,412Please respect copyright.PENANABI6oZQIEbA
The pain I've received, I'll whitewash away,412Please respect copyright.PENANALaiTpDBYOK
To protect myself and those I have loved.412Please respect copyright.PENANA4xQM7wwBWd
412Please respect copyright.PENANATiZ0qLNivH
I'll limit my journey to work alone,412Please respect copyright.PENANAu0g7BHsm2X
Describe what I've learned that others should know,412Please respect copyright.PENANAC5DzqFxurc
Weave the personal with transparent thread,412Please respect copyright.PENANAvJLnRBpZF0
The professional with thickest red yarn.412Please respect copyright.PENANAEaYVY24y4m
412Please respect copyright.PENANAQNz6Cvcwag
I'll search for an agent when it is done,412Please respect copyright.PENANAlTzpjV5ohZ
As I'd like it read, unlike indie books,412Please respect copyright.PENANApgxduyuIE4
And I believe it will find a market,412Please respect copyright.PENANAfR2nQfmgUi
For it will reveal some essential truths.412Please respect copyright.PENANADuolws8ojE
412Please respect copyright.PENANA1GeDz97CHf
It will teach much more that all need to know,412Please respect copyright.PENANA7p2OVkAFsp
Than my life's work: Lectures, books, articles,412Please respect copyright.PENANAKtZuuj4BUB
Poetry, fiction, blogs, presentations,412Please respect copyright.PENANAJf9liJff9F
Hope I can write it before my life ends.412Please respect copyright.PENANAf0Ve363vft
412Please respect copyright.PENANAg0jHYuksjA
My sand's running out, tick tock cries the clock,412Please respect copyright.PENANAy643Zu0g0g
Hope lockdown provides, end to writer's block.412Please respect copyright.PENANAlZKJPBYbTb
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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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