Started writing it two decades ago,409Please respect copyright.PENANAWcerN4D802
Using a pseudonym for first/last time,409Please respect copyright.PENANAUgYxCUIQZm
To protect the guilty and innocent,409Please respect copyright.PENANAhzv3KjaH9J
In this autobiographical work.409Please respect copyright.PENANAQhOt1GYTOF
409Please respect copyright.PENANAfvpo1ykohn
Life got in the way of reliving it,409Please respect copyright.PENANAWGPVqZUsMO
Work, wife, parents with health issues, now gone,409Please respect copyright.PENANA3TfllbAvYn
Back burners full of overflowing pots,409Please respect copyright.PENANA323yZvqxmR
The sands of time quickly sifting through my fingers.409Please respect copyright.PENANA4TJciIOWiD
409Please respect copyright.PENANAlhfLIJSmH1
Serious writing projects completed,409Please respect copyright.PENANA2BHu9Hck7T
A dozen plus books published,409Please respect copyright.PENANAjOI9aVe3yO
Others yet to come, new lectures to plan,409Please respect copyright.PENANAapcLHpoAJF
New courses to develop and to teach.409Please respect copyright.PENANA50hkSkuLEN
409Please respect copyright.PENANAkb6gMNd2sw
My story untold, lessons learned unfurled,409Please respect copyright.PENANAiQvnebCiPT
But not not written down to pass down my truth,409Please respect copyright.PENANAHvCOeYGF1X
About things I know much more than I'd like,409Please respect copyright.PENANAs69gePY0tx
And others should learn, in old age and youth.409Please respect copyright.PENANAgKJTrWR09g
409Please respect copyright.PENANA4wkVEX0wcn
Place bound for now on an imposed lockdown,409Please respect copyright.PENANANvaWX1r3Fc
Chained to my desk like galley slaves to oars,409Please respect copyright.PENANAuKTcgW2zVe
Taping lectures, attending Zoom meetings,409Please respect copyright.PENANA1G9CxUNbzM
Depression abounds, if not joy or sleep.409Please respect copyright.PENANA4LvhzgYVdh
409Please respect copyright.PENANAp2WA5ID5jy
So I'm back again, reliving the past,409Please respect copyright.PENANArBUqUqg6SM
In memory still green, though browning in parts,409Please respect copyright.PENANAoA2dk3pFaz
Taking poetic license where I must,409Please respect copyright.PENANA3wAkioNcNQ
But gently as a child's butterfly kiss.409Please respect copyright.PENANANZvOCiSBPF
409Please respect copyright.PENANAQcoHLUEa1s
Nearly nine thousand words today for just,409Please respect copyright.PENANAUm1Fv7tU92
One day's events that sowed a thousand seeds,409Please respect copyright.PENANAlDUC7nvWHt
That sprouted, flourished and died or were pecked,409Please respect copyright.PENANAKRakToUXv3
By hungry vultures out of existence.409Please respect copyright.PENANAkfq7DejnX7
409Please respect copyright.PENANA2o6DCBMSks
Remembering a day in my career,409Please respect copyright.PENANACIxW0m9TqW
When I still viewed the world with bright, clear eyes,409Please respect copyright.PENANArxsV7jV97A
And had not opened doors I could not close,409Please respect copyright.PENANAwb8QdbPPuU
Or walked by closed doors I should have opened.409Please respect copyright.PENANA4HG2GYtqMP
409Please respect copyright.PENANAuM275mnf97
My world and heart were then innocent, pure,409Please respect copyright.PENANAobpguPmo5o
Full of good intentions waiting to burst,409Please respect copyright.PENANAFOxCBMwKyc
From a chest that could hardly hold them back,409Please respect copyright.PENANA4Nmyj87zs5
Foolishly thinking they could change the world.409Please respect copyright.PENANAeDM8LGsfod
409Please respect copyright.PENANAw95BKWy9Pn
The painful memories I now drown in,409Please respect copyright.PENANApVA0FVLS6w
I will not disclose. The pain I've given,409Please respect copyright.PENANAGWM9CWLbkp
The pain I've received, I'll whitewash away,409Please respect copyright.PENANAHKzYYMrPie
To protect myself and those I have loved.409Please respect copyright.PENANA51cZb5EW5N
409Please respect copyright.PENANA3Il7qtw22J
I'll limit my journey to work alone,409Please respect copyright.PENANA5O3aQirctW
Describe what I've learned that others should know,409Please respect copyright.PENANAI1MbukdMw9
Weave the personal with transparent thread,409Please respect copyright.PENANAqqtefEidmD
The professional with thickest red yarn.409Please respect copyright.PENANAVKO7tkSQSC
409Please respect copyright.PENANAR02exSJgek
I'll search for an agent when it is done,409Please respect copyright.PENANAbHfA0NexVU
As I'd like it read, unlike indie books,409Please respect copyright.PENANAcDaoGRWYXM
And I believe it will find a market,409Please respect copyright.PENANAxFV0z3qsho
For it will reveal some essential truths.409Please respect copyright.PENANAKXmn4uiqBT
409Please respect copyright.PENANA06W5gbXDRu
It will teach much more that all need to know,409Please respect copyright.PENANAUGMEPxVLPb
Than my life's work: Lectures, books, articles,409Please respect copyright.PENANAjU1QYOjDLl
Poetry, fiction, blogs, presentations,409Please respect copyright.PENANALkuMejEs3L
Hope I can write it before my life ends.409Please respect copyright.PENANA08bTAtc5oZ
409Please respect copyright.PENANAfdxmRvccqY
My sand's running out, tick tock cries the clock,409Please respect copyright.PENANAIPzbIsAhc4
Hope lockdown provides, end to writer's block.409Please respect copyright.PENANAYHWNS4u8HG
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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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