Elaina J. Davidson's Blog, page 184
December 10, 2020
Crazed and Creative
With so much going on at the moment, it must sometimes seem as if I'm all over the place. I mean, first I post about covers changing, then it's a book in translation, sometimes it's an audio book going into production or one just released, and so on. Truth is, this is the writer's life. There is no formal structure, or not to the degree that one can determine with absolute accuracy what will be ready soon, later, then and now, and therefore plan posts accordingly. So, yes, as it happens, I share here, and then, lo, there's the marketing side of things, a post on occasion to keep my stories circulating.
Let's look at this week, for instance: audio book posts, a translation, a nudge about Song of the Spaces, and then came the decision to simplify this blog (still in process), even news of a book being unpublished (done, although it may be a day or two before it disappears from Amazon completely). Perhaps I'm complicating my writer's life, you think to yourself ... oh, definitely, you're spot on! And yet, truth is, such complication is part of the creative process. See, currently I find actual writing a bit hard to sit down to and work at, carve time out for, and experience has taught me that changing something (such as this blog) actually brings on the spark, the impetus, to write again. The sharing as it happens is normal but upheaval is a conscious decision because change is in itself creative.
Of course, given the edits and formats I'm currently working on for Redwing Productions, my editing service, my time isn't always my own. What happens here happens when taking a breather from such projects. Why, then, create chaos for myself? There are days, weeks, sometimes months, when my time is so locked into editing projects that I barely show my face (ha, my butterfly) online, do not share what's happening in my writing world, not even to keep up socially, so why choose upheaval?
The simple answer is that, for me, the more crazed I am, the more creative I become. Writers are so weird, right? Told my husband recently that when someone tells me 'you're not normal' again (has happened a few times, especially in family situations), I'll simply say, "Thank you." Not being 'normal' is a compliment!
Just thought I'd share something of what's roiling around in my mind right now, to explain the eclectic posting. Do come back for more of the crazy!!
December 9, 2020
Justine's Journal to be unpublished
Those of you who have been on this journey with me will know about the experiment Justine and I did a few years ago, writing and collating a 52 week journal of 500 words per day, a path to self-discovery, with the proceeds going to charity. Unfortunately, Justine's Journal did not gain much traction, and given that we are now living through a pandemic, which means that every path to discovery, whether to self or to others, has utterly changed, we feel it is time to remove it from my list of published work. This will happen tomorrow, so if you'd like a copy for nostalgia's sake, pop on over and grab one today. Justine and I both have a paperback copy and that's enough for us :)
Justine's Journal - Smashwords
Update: You will recall that we posted Justine's 500 words per day here on Writing World and created a dedicated page to keep track, and each post was accompanied by an inspirational or insightful image/text. As the page will be removed after this update, I thought I'd share with you a collage of some of those images. The actual posts will remain on this blog, though :)
Move, shift, change, delete :)
Hi all! In the interest of simplifying this long-running blog, am changing a few things, such as moving my audio books to a dedicated page. Stuff will shift around, items will be deleted, and you may therefore visit when everything looks a bit odd, unfinished, around here - all will be back to normal soon, promise :)
December 8, 2020
December 7, 2020
The Kallanon Scales Audiobook - now available!
So excited to see Lore of Reaume's first book (The Kallanon Scales) in audio! Book 2 (The Nemisin Star) is coming soon too :)
Audible USAudible UK
The Artist becomes L'Artiste
The Artist is now in the process of being published in French! Links to follow as they become available.
