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My first author talk and signing last week, Saturday, taught me a lot about what it means to be a professional author.
Readers can get the story from the pages of your book. What they are interested in is the author as a person, a real human being, and why he/she wrote the book in the first place, what will follow and what they can look forward to in the read.
Sitting in a circle with the readers, was a moment to remember... it was like coming 'full circle' to the journey that had started 9+ years ago. The rewrites and rewrites... not for me... but so that the characters on the page are clear, coherent and concise to the reader. So that I deliver the best product I can and finish with a promise.
Readers can get the story from the pages of your book. What they are interested in is the author as a person, a real human being, and why he/she wrote the book in the first place, what will follow and what they can look forward to in the read.
Sitting in a circle with the readers, was a moment to remember... it was like coming 'full circle' to the journey that had started 9+ years ago. The rewrites and rewrites... not for me... but so that the characters on the page are clear, coherent and concise to the reader. So that I deliver the best product I can and finish with a promise.
Author of the Week
Hi,
I'm hanging out with Full Moon Bites tour host Holly Polk for 'Author of The Week'. Hop on over if you'd like to know more of the journey behind DUTY AND DESIRE
http://fullmoonbites.blogspot.com/201...
Hope you'll have fun too!!
I'm hanging out with Full Moon Bites tour host Holly Polk for 'Author of The Week'. Hop on over if you'd like to know more of the journey behind DUTY AND DESIRE
http://fullmoonbites.blogspot.com/201...
Hope you'll have fun too!!
Writing - Not The Lonely Journey
Hi,
Writing is a lonely journey. Haven't we been hearing that for ages? I have. I still do. And I live the lonely journey.
I don't have a water cooler where I can hang out with colleagues at break. I don't have issues I can discuss with people at work either. The only *people* I work and deal with are those in my head. If there's a problem only 2 people can solve it.
Me.
Or
The character in my head - also Me.
But there are many ways to break the loneliness and squeeze some zest in your life.
Critique partners - they're absolutely wonderful to work with I hear. And the best part is you don't always have to write the same genre to be compatible. Your resumes can be as distant as the ocean from the sky and it doesn't matter.
Then there's lunches, coffees (at the local Starbucks or Seattle's Best) where you can share and complain that your story isn't quite going where you want and be assured that life is good!
And writer groups are even better. What better way to put some sanity back in your life considering you're writing fiction, dealing with *people* that don't exist and have to solve the problems in your head (which aren't always real by the way)! Just knowing that there are more of you out there makes it all sane again.
And I found a new one today. Joining community groups - whether it's fitness classes, a favorite past time you share with others or just hanging out with other people who share a similar interest. It may not add to your writing but it will add to your voice and perhaps, even, find a solution for the voice in your head.
Writing is a lonely journey. Haven't we been hearing that for ages? I have. I still do. And I live the lonely journey.
I don't have a water cooler where I can hang out with colleagues at break. I don't have issues I can discuss with people at work either. The only *people* I work and deal with are those in my head. If there's a problem only 2 people can solve it.
Me.
Or
The character in my head - also Me.
But there are many ways to break the loneliness and squeeze some zest in your life.
Critique partners - they're absolutely wonderful to work with I hear. And the best part is you don't always have to write the same genre to be compatible. Your resumes can be as distant as the ocean from the sky and it doesn't matter.
Then there's lunches, coffees (at the local Starbucks or Seattle's Best) where you can share and complain that your story isn't quite going where you want and be assured that life is good!
And writer groups are even better. What better way to put some sanity back in your life considering you're writing fiction, dealing with *people* that don't exist and have to solve the problems in your head (which aren't always real by the way)! Just knowing that there are more of you out there makes it all sane again.
And I found a new one today. Joining community groups - whether it's fitness classes, a favorite past time you share with others or just hanging out with other people who share a similar interest. It may not add to your writing but it will add to your voice and perhaps, even, find a solution for the voice in your head.
Consequence Of...
Hi,
Writing a book is a journey. Like a train-ride perhaps. You start at Point A and enjoy (if it's worth enjoying) the ride to point B. Then off you get and on you go to you destination. Sometimes you get off in the middle somewhere and wait for another train on another platform - known more commonly as 'transit'.
So I began the journey of Bk III in 2008. After the initial beginnings of a first draft and a huge amount of research - I had to stop in 2009 and put the manuscript in 'transit'. - OK! I shoved it in the cupboard for a while. The 'while' became 4 years. So I'm guessing the manuscript was a stow-away then? Right?
Since January 2013 I've been busy getting my head 'back in the book' and catching up on where I last was (about half way through). Last night I reached the no-turning-back point. There's nothing to revise or edit for now - not in this draft, at least! I have to type the next few chapters on the laptop (from the original hand-written version) and then pound out the other half of the story.
Life doesn't roll like that now, does it? Real life, I mean. It doesn't stop and languish for a while until you have time to catch up. It just ticks away. Real life is like a chain of events that result as a series of actions from those preceeding it. A consequence of...
I wonder what the consequence of picking up the unfinished story will be? Any ideas?
Writing a book is a journey. Like a train-ride perhaps. You start at Point A and enjoy (if it's worth enjoying) the ride to point B. Then off you get and on you go to you destination. Sometimes you get off in the middle somewhere and wait for another train on another platform - known more commonly as 'transit'.
So I began the journey of Bk III in 2008. After the initial beginnings of a first draft and a huge amount of research - I had to stop in 2009 and put the manuscript in 'transit'. - OK! I shoved it in the cupboard for a while. The 'while' became 4 years. So I'm guessing the manuscript was a stow-away then? Right?
Since January 2013 I've been busy getting my head 'back in the book' and catching up on where I last was (about half way through). Last night I reached the no-turning-back point. There's nothing to revise or edit for now - not in this draft, at least! I have to type the next few chapters on the laptop (from the original hand-written version) and then pound out the other half of the story.
Life doesn't roll like that now, does it? Real life, I mean. It doesn't stop and languish for a while until you have time to catch up. It just ticks away. Real life is like a chain of events that result as a series of actions from those preceeding it. A consequence of...
I wonder what the consequence of picking up the unfinished story will be? Any ideas?
