I have a huge advantage right now. As a writer that is. As a creative mind. What’s that advantage? Being unknown. Okay, I think that I know what you are thinking: “how the f^@& is being unknown an advantage as a writer? Don’t you want readers to know you?” Yes and no. I am strange … Continue reading The Fun of Being Unknown
I am REALLY struggling to finish a book. Some time ago I started to read "A Casual Vacancy" by JK Rowling. I am not even halfway through and struggling to proceed. I am just not enjoying it. Not as much as I want to be. I understood before going into it that it was not … Continue reading The Difference of Bad
I have a holdup. A holdup that has been holding me back from my desire to outline. Or to track facts in stories. Or to generally write things down that I need to remember. Perfectionism. It’s a disease, I am certain, this drive to have to be perfect in what I do. Even in notebooks … Continue reading Screw Neatness
To schedule or not to schedule, that is not the question. The fact is that I need to schedule. I need to create routine. Leaving my blog to the chance of my inspiration when I am making a high effort to concentrate on fiction is the sign of doom. If I want to keep up … Continue reading Changing My Game
It’s now March! Another month of writing done! February is over and from my perspective, it was a highly successful month indeed. Just how successful? Well let me break the stats down. I like tracking statistics. Unfortunately, I’ve never really done it with my writing as extensively as I am doing now. I’d look at … Continue reading What I Wrote In February
Well let’s talk covers. Book covers. I love them; I hate them. Some are brilliant, others bland, others are just plain bad. It is an art-form. And one that I am ever far from mastering. As a poor independent author, I took it upon myself to make my own covers. Let’s just say, I suck … Continue reading It’s Simple, Really
Going off my realization that it never ends and I just have to stop running as if I am heading towards a finish line, rather needing to enjoy the process itself, I moved two projects into the next stage and moved into another 1st draft. Letting go of this idea that there is an end … Continue reading Done and Done
Well this was partly intentional, and partly not. I missed 3 days of posting on this site. I am not happy with it, although I knew that it was going to happen. It has a lot to do with my latest focus on writing, my concentration on fiction. And that has paid off. It’s paid … Continue reading Wifi Off
Now this might be the anti-social, social anxiety part of me talking, but I think I found my perfect home. Screw the apocalypse as the site suggested it was for...
Here are lessons I have been trying to learn: The answer to most questions is “it depends.” The truth often lies in the middle as our perceptions, our prejudices, etc all can influence what we see. The rule doesn’t mean that there can’t be exceptions. You can’t make rules based solely on the exceptions. Questioning … Continue reading Rules
