Category: Blog
-
It’s also what I am not doing
There was a good long time where I thought that talent and minimal effort was all that was needed to produce art. I viewed writers, artists, and others as people who lived much like I did having full, active lives while somehow managing to also produce great works, be it novels, or paintings, or music,…
-
First Draft Complete!
I am finished! Done! Complete! At least the first draft. Yesterday I finally finished the first draft for the full novel for Of Earth and Ice, my sci-fi dystopia where humanity has moved underground to protect themselves from a planet that has frozen over. At 171,118 words, it took a LOT of effort to finish.…
-
End of a Fandom
Update 6/19/18: This particular event bothered me, so I continued to check into it through even today. I do have to rescind a few statements, one specifically the statement at the end, so you’ll see them now, in strikeout. Fact is, I do care. I don’t want to see a person destroyed lest they are…
-
Random Thoughts on Writing My Next Book
I am closing in on the completion of the 1st draft of my next novel. Actually, it’s my finally completing what I had started when I pompously decided to put out Part 1: Loss of Limb… Wait, I didn’t even give you the name of the novel really. My mistake. I should preface these things…
-
The Streak is Over
It happened. I missed a day of writing. After 122 days in a row since reigniting a daily writing goal, I had a day where I wasn’t able to write. I’ve been predicting that I’d get a day like I had yesterday. A day where I wasn’t able to get even a moment to write.…
Jeremy C Kester 