tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72328681606237968392011-04-21T13:20:42.687-07:00Official Blog of Author, Tracy WilzCaptain's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06905414513671917208noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232868160623796839.post-40007829179853029192009-04-29T21:44:00.000-07:002009-04-29T21:54:59.616-07:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Aha, I finally finished my latest story, Sentenced to Innocence. Now to prepare it for the send off to the Writers of the Future anthology in time for the second quarter submission. This will be my third entry into the competition. The first entry won a semi-finalist place and I received a personal critique of my story "For Annie" by well known author Kathy Wentworth. The second won a quarter finalist place. The third - well, we'll see wont we.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: black; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you're a friend and would like to read, Sentenced to Innocence, just ask and ye shall receive.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7232868160623796839-4000782917985302919?l=tracywilz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Captain's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06905414513671917208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232868160623796839.post-5957753223424319272009-03-20T09:02:00.000-07:002009-03-20T09:07:37.288-07:00We haven't had any ants so far this year. It kind of makes me nervous, like the quiet before the storm. You dont think they're planning something big this year do you? Like we'll come home and find they've changed the locks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7232868160623796839-595775322342431927?l=tracywilz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Captain's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06905414513671917208noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232868160623796839.post-79189092532190605222008-09-21T19:24:00.000-07:002009-03-21T20:35:18.565-07:00This is a poem that I wrote back in 2004. I know little about poetry but this still captured the spirit I intended so I'm pleased with it.<div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Eve’s Song</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> A virgin Princess was I, well loved and fair</span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">With none to compare, I the only daughter of my Lord </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">His heart well vested in me, his eye well pleased with his creation</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The perfect maiden to give suck to the sons of humanity</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">What was mine that I brought from the dust to earn his trust? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">What gifts did I bear, what jewel so rare, to purchase a life? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">From nothing I came and into my hand the wealth of the land delivered</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Peace and joy my constant companions under the sun of a father’s love</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">And you feigning misconception with your beady eyes</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Breathing lies and spinning truth for deception</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I not shrewd, so new in the world, my wisdom unfurled</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">too late to stay a conceited heart drunk with her own beauty</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">So I took from my lord the thing he had kept from me</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">My ingrate heart leapt and made me queen supreme</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Ruler of my own desire and mother of misery</span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">And now I weep for my children who know not what was lost </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7232868160623796839-7918909253219060522?l=tracywilz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Captain's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06905414513671917208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232868160623796839.post-55719011629353651442008-08-29T23:34:00.000-07:002009-03-20T02:20:19.352-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ul7zUZD45po/ScNfzE1RV1I/AAAAAAAAABw/URpS5NMgafs/s1600-h/Tracy+Wilz.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ul7zUZD45po/ScNfzE1RV1I/AAAAAAAAABw/URpS5NMgafs/s400/Tracy+Wilz.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315197316302460754" /></a><br />So you found my blog - excellent. Yep.... Sooo.... How are you?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7232868160623796839-5571901162935365144?l=tracywilz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Captain's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06905414513671917208noreply@blogger.com3