Started writing it two decades ago,187Please respect copyright.PENANAqPidWGDAKD
Using a pseudonym for first/last time,187Please respect copyright.PENANAFxbg30Md7W
To protect the guilty and innocent,187Please respect copyright.PENANA4zuod11VcH
In this autobiographical work.187Please respect copyright.PENANANWejClGJQB
187Please respect copyright.PENANAd6nzq8EDOl
Life got in the way of reliving it,187Please respect copyright.PENANAfq591aNIqE
Work, wife, parents with health issues, now gone,187Please respect copyright.PENANAfHrDLRUzjr
Back burners full of overflowing pots,187Please respect copyright.PENANAdBqVA3D3xy
The sands of time quickly sifting through my fingers.187Please respect copyright.PENANA6Tcp1r6v7L
187Please respect copyright.PENANA2auAikHvgU
Serious writing projects completed,187Please respect copyright.PENANAjjIEK6g6lp
A dozen plus books published,187Please respect copyright.PENANA9VKjisljqW
Others yet to come, new lectures to plan,187Please respect copyright.PENANAzijiqYMAUI
New courses to develop and to teach.187Please respect copyright.PENANAX3I1XjwAW6
187Please respect copyright.PENANA5vSjKR87x9
My story untold, lessons learned unfurled,187Please respect copyright.PENANAA0xbhG2wIf
But not not written down to pass down my truth,187Please respect copyright.PENANALeiWjqr4rN
About things I know much more than I'd like,187Please respect copyright.PENANASWr137OF4x
And others should learn, in old age and youth.187Please respect copyright.PENANAzD3YLwdR9W
187Please respect copyright.PENANAieCiWJ5npZ
Place bound for now on an imposed lockdown,187Please respect copyright.PENANAUlJjM0ZXny
Chained to my desk like galley slaves to oars,187Please respect copyright.PENANAhwGre37hrn
Taping lectures, attending Zoom meetings,187Please respect copyright.PENANAtYX5y5WLrU
Depression abounds, if not joy or sleep.187Please respect copyright.PENANAeq0xKbDPFX
187Please respect copyright.PENANAYqRguse4BN
So I'm back again, reliving the past,187Please respect copyright.PENANAqau1SpBSVf
In memory still green, though browning in parts,187Please respect copyright.PENANAA5gUTr3gcY
Taking poetic license where I must,187Please respect copyright.PENANAESeyprfweI
But gently as a child's butterfly kiss.187Please respect copyright.PENANArRiNRdAiET
187Please respect copyright.PENANAzKWCDK7tas
Nearly nine thousand words today for just,187Please respect copyright.PENANAcXqMKAqnmc
One day's events that sowed a thousand seeds,187Please respect copyright.PENANAercXud5YGN
That sprouted, flourished and died or were pecked,187Please respect copyright.PENANAYme2Wx5L0K
By hungry vultures out of existence.187Please respect copyright.PENANAIVkwjZVcxS
187Please respect copyright.PENANA0UsN47SzvH
Remembering a day in my career,187Please respect copyright.PENANAdF2B52cUZo
When I still viewed the world with bright, clear eyes,187Please respect copyright.PENANAZSQ3QXRXlH
And had not opened doors I could not close,187Please respect copyright.PENANAXaC9Jzwaxq
Or walked by closed doors I should have opened.187Please respect copyright.PENANATReEe7ad3T
187Please respect copyright.PENANAvAxhSSiVKQ
My world and heart were then innocent, pure,187Please respect copyright.PENANALxtuE3fPzn
Full of good intentions waiting to burst,187Please respect copyright.PENANAHJ6jFtrvYT
From a chest that could hardly hold them back,187Please respect copyright.PENANAeeAMMhbjQz
Foolishly thinking they could change the world.187Please respect copyright.PENANASndEVl0v51
187Please respect copyright.PENANA9UgPrkyJHq
The painful memories I now drown in,187Please respect copyright.PENANAJXoMcF5lU1
I will not disclose. The pain I've given,187Please respect copyright.PENANAbrwmjcF90i
The pain I've received, I'll whitewash away,187Please respect copyright.PENANAvJ0rhwQNGH
To protect myself and those I have loved.187Please respect copyright.PENANAwVi2H58z1u
187Please respect copyright.PENANAFnk4AQ6JoZ
I'll limit my journey to work alone,187Please respect copyright.PENANA83i35ymcku
Describe what I've learned that others should know,187Please respect copyright.PENANA3phWQnddxR
Weave the personal with transparent thread,187Please respect copyright.PENANAaPQozOSwLn
The professional with thickest red yarn.187Please respect copyright.PENANAYuuoIMqzRt
187Please respect copyright.PENANAztWGofGd5r
I'll search for an agent when it is done,187Please respect copyright.PENANAzTFSKUxUoo
As I'd like it read, unlike indie books,187Please respect copyright.PENANATqGQeV5Wy8
And I believe it will find a market,187Please respect copyright.PENANASVgzzbMdiJ
For it will reveal some essential truths.187Please respect copyright.PENANAFDib8HYwRX
187Please respect copyright.PENANAtHZHY8RIby
It will teach much more that all need to know,187Please respect copyright.PENANALDBdUEHWTH
Than my life's work: Lectures, books, articles,187Please respect copyright.PENANAhXfBESxeVs
Poetry, fiction, blogs, presentations,187Please respect copyright.PENANAvbstc7W7jm
Hope I can write it before my life ends.187Please respect copyright.PENANAZnKcnq4WSO
187Please respect copyright.PENANAOfsOT7lO46
My sand's running out, tick tock cries the clock,187Please respect copyright.PENANA95NL5BWyIK
Hope lockdown provides, end to writer's block.187Please respect copyright.PENANAblRuOADaxW
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Victor D. Lopez

ISSUE #7
On Writing My First Novel (poem)
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Last updated: Jun 6, 2025
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