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Keeping Momentum While Writing

Keeping momentum while writing is key to writing. It���s basically the ���running a marathon��� concept that we are familiar with as writers. It���s easier said than done, like most things when talked about. Little bits of consistency goes a long way, and before you know it, weeks, months, and even years go by, and you have a collection of work, as long as you���re keeping the momentum while writing.

Welcome to Another Edition of Unprocessed Thoughts

Today we are talking about rhythm, momentum, and consistency with your writing craft. It���s what I���ve been doing at the start of the New Year, wrapping up a new short story collection and working on a new series.

Good Habits and Bad Habits

Keeping momentum while writing isn���t easy because it comes down to creating a new habit. Good habits are difficult to implement. It���s prevalent for us to introduce bad habits, and more often than not, we don���t even realize its introduction until it has had a significant impact on our lives.

Good habits also take consistency. Bland, boring, constants. There���s no way around it. Depending on who you ask, it���ll take anywhere from six weeks to eleven weeks of constant applying. Of course, it depends on the person too. Truthfully, only you know if it is a habit that has been ingrained into your mind.

How do you know when you have a good habit?

You will know if the habit is locked in as a natural habit when it doesn���t take conscious effort to do it anymore. Think about breathing, walking, or the ingrained purpose of having to get up and go to work every day to pay your bills.

These are all habits that we have, whether intentional or not. Introducing one for writing is the exact same thing. Yes, some days are slog any you don���t want to go to work, and the same goes with writing. But the instinct to do it creates the habit for the end result.

You���ll know if the habit is good when it���s productive. It���s pretty self-explanatory. If the habit negatively impacts your life, it���s time to seek ways to break them. Now, breaking bad habits is an entirely different thing and a big undertaking.

Momentum, habits, how does one do it?

It takes a lot of deliberate effort to introduce a new habit into your life. This is done through momentum and keeping the rhythm going. Give that new habit a religious status in your life; you MUST do it. Whether you are trying to introduce it daily, weekly, or multiple times a day, do it consistently for weeks on end. Little before you know it, you���ll just know that is what you have to do in the day. You���ll feel incomplete if you don���t.

This is why keeping momentum while writing is so important. At first, it is a long, grudging effort to sit down and write all the time. It���s so much easier to only write when you���re inspired or in a good mood. Remember work? You don���t always go to work when you���re inspired. You have to go when you���re not in the mood because you know your responsibility is to do that. Your books are your responsibility.

Change of Mindset: Keeping momentum while writing

Mindset is the big key when introducing a habit. It���s easy to talk up the storm and say how motivated you are to do something and how you���re going to do it. But if you don���t follow through with the action your words are hot air. You must genuinely and honestly want to do it.

Often, we throw these ideas around during New Year���s resolutions, saying that we���re going to accomplish all these things. Don���t overshoot, be realistic. Keeping momentum while writing is about having rhythm and not doing giant spirits where you tackle vast chunks of writing and then burn out for months on end.

It���s Okay to Relapse

Habits are tricky because you���re rewiring your system to be familiar with an entirely new process. You���re going to have moments where you don���t meet the same rhythm you were doing in previous days. Maybe something catastrophic happened, or you were tired, or your day was too full. We forget. Things happen, and you can���t beat yourself up about it.

Dance!

This consistency isn���t all slamming your fingers onto the keyboard to produce words on the screen. It���s also about the momentum of your mindset. Think of dancing; when you���re into song and getting lost in the rhythm, you���re not worried about making mistakes. If your foot slips from the tempo, who cares? Just get up on your feet and keep dancing.

Mindset is a bit part when keeping momentum while writing. You���re going to slip up, and that���s fine. You keep writing the following day.

Those Long-term Goals and Mighty-big Writing Projects

Habit is the big secret to conquering the mighty-big goal of writing a book and growing your author career. Creating stories from thin air and placing them into the hands of readers is an impressive task. It has many moving parts and requires months and years of effort. Be honest with yourself, and if you genuinely want to write, keep at it.

A personal example would be with me and drawing. If I didn���t draw one night a week, I wouldn���t be drawing it all. I���ve been consistent with it for about nine years, resulting in wonderful things. My skill drastically increased in various forms of mediums. I���ve also managed to fill three sketchbooks worth of sketches.

Writing is the same. Whether you���re doing it once a week or daily, over enough time of momentum, you���re going to see amazing results.

Beer Note: 88 Double Dare Imperial IPA

For this month���s Unprocessed Thoughts, I tried the Calgary-based brewery 88���s special series, the Double Imperial IPA. It sits at a 7.7% alcohol volume and is labelled strong beer. After the first sip, it didn���t taste like strong beer. This is too tasty and not overly hoppy, which I���ve preferred these days. That combo is quite dangerous, and I am pleased to have a second. Maybe a third? We���ll see.

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Interview with Simon Rose, author of The Stone of the Seer

Welcome Simon Rose to the blog!

I’m pleased to welcome back Simon Rose to the blog to discuss his new novel, The Stone of the Seer on his birthday too! The last time we had Simon was in 2018 for the Parallel Destiny novel.

Simon Rose is from Calgary, who has published eighteen novels for children and young adults, eight guides for writers, more than a hundred nonfiction books, and many articles on a wide variety of topics. Today, we���re looking at his latest release, The Stone of the Seer, the first novel in the Stone of the Seer series.

So what���s the new The Stone of the Seer series all about?

The Stone of the Seer is an exciting historical fantasy series of adventure novels for young adults, primarily set in the turbulent period of the English Civil War.

The Stone of the Seer, book one in the series, features the Vikings, Leonardo da Vinci, and the political turmoil of the 1640s. At Habingdon House, Lady Elizabeth Usborne, Kate, and Tom encounter a magical black stone, mysterious ancient manuscripts, and the incredible time viewing device known as the tempus inpectoris, all while under constant threat from the murderous witchfinder, Daniel Tombes.

The other novels in the series are Royal Blood and Revenge of the Witchfinder, which will be published in the coming months. There will be a box set including all three novels at some point in the future as well.

And what���s the story behind the story?

The story, main characters, and some of the settings in The Stone of the Seer are fictional but are based on true events and the story features real historical characters, such as King Charles I. The English Civil War was a series of conflicts in England, Scotland, and Ireland in the 1640s and early 1650s. The war originated in the struggle between Charles I and Parliament, regarding how the country should be governed.

The king���s defeat in the civil war led to his trial and execution in January 1649. The monarchy was abolished and replaced first by the Commonwealth of England and then the Protectorate, before the monarchy was restored in 1660. However, the defeat of Charles I confirmed that an English monarch could not rule the country without the consent of Parliament, although this wasn���t legally established until the Glorious Revolution in 1688.

You must have done quite a lot of historical research for this book.

Yes, it���s a time period I���ve always been interested in, but it still involved considerable research. I���ve included a glossary at the end of each of the three novels in the series where you can learn more about the historical events, settings, and leading characters from the English Civil War, locations that are mentioned in the text, life in the seventeenth century, and details from other historical periods that are featured in the story. There���s also a page on my website all about the historical background behind the books, with links to online sources about the time period.

What are you currently working on?

I always have a current project or two and right now I���m writing another historical fantasy novel series set in World War II. I���m also working on sequels to the Flashback series of paranormal novels, which includes Flashback, Twisted Fate, and Parallel Destiny, which you can learn more about on my website at simon-rose.com. In addition, I���m working on screenplay adaptations of the Shadowzone series and have also completed a number of picture books for younger readers, which I hope will be published soon.

You also work with other authors, don���t you?

Yes, I do quite a lot of that these days. I provide coaching, editing, consulting, and mentoring services for writers of novels, short stories, fiction, nonfiction, biographies, inspirational books, and in many other genres. I also work as a writing instructor at the University of Calgary and have served as the Writer-in-Residence with the Canadian Authors Association. You can find details of some of the projects I���ve worked on, along with some references and recommendations, on my website.

So where can people buy The Stone of the Seer?

The novel can be purchased at most of the usual places, as follows:

Ebook:��Amazon Canada,��Amazon USA,��Kobo,��iBooks,��Barnes and Noble,��Smashwords��

Paperback:��Amazon Canada, Amazon USA

Thanks Simon, for being my guest here today and the very best of luck with the Stone of the Seer series. I hope the first book sells thousands of copies in the coming weeks and months.

You can learn more about Simon and his work on his website at www.simon-rose.com, where you can also link to his social media sites and other locations online.

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Sway

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NEW Audiobook: Fire, Pain, & Ruin

My 2020 novel Fire, Pain, & Ruin: A Rutherford Manor Novel is now fully available in audio format on Audible!

Originally the audiobook was released episodically starting on February 4th, 2021 on my website and audiobook podcast. The final chapters were never released in that format as agreed with the publisher to save them for the full audiobook release.
Now it is here.

Find it on Audible

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Guard Your Time

It’s effortless for our time to derail. Often we get swept up by the waves of life’s affairs, forgetting what is important to us. Guard your time. That time is vital for you to grow and to enjoy. Whether you’re a writer, athlete, musician, practicing a new language, or whatever, this core concept applies to all aspects of life, especially those you are passionate about.

Welcome to Another Edition of Unprocessed Thoughts

Everyone’s life is tailored differently with the challenges we face daily. Most of us work for a living, which will take up ten hours a day if you’re lucky (this includes commute and overtime). We also have responsibilities outside of our jobs, such as families or perhaps you���re crazy enough to pursue a creative outlet. Let’s not forget about social obligations, friends, and day-to-day chores. You also need sleep. These components chew up a lot of the time we have within twenty-four hours.

Don’t Skip Out on Sleep.

Seriously, get your required amount of hours in. Some people require seven hours, while others need eight or nine. Don’t fool yourself, as the chances of you being within the 1% who are biologically dispositioned to needing less sleep are unlikely. If you are, good for you! The rest of us need sleep. You’re doing yourself a real disservice long term. A well-rested mind can function far more effectively than a mind on half a tank of sleep.

The Juggle is Real

Even if you get less than six hours of sleep, you have to guard your time. Of the twenty-four hours, we chew up a big chunk of it with work and sleep. There are all the mundane tasks we have to do as adults, too, like eating and hygiene. I’m sure you probably love most of these aspects of your life. Like your family, you should love your family.

Still, there is something within each of us that we must do for ourselves. There’s plenty of good advice out there on why we need to spend time alone. Solitude by Michael Harris is an excellent introduction to the topic.

If time is sabotaged by the chaos of each day, how do you guard your time?

Routines and Rituals

Routines are usually a predictable and stale concept that doesn’t strike excitement. Rituals sound more fun. Ultimately, they mean the same thing about blocking off segments of your day for you. Guard your time with a rigid section(s) of the day that you will not be interrupted by any means so you can dedicate that time for yourself.

In this case, we’ll say dedicating the time to art.

Close the door, turn off the phone and social media, stay up a little later, or get out of bed earlier (not both). You could also watch less TV or play fewer video games to guard your time and focus on your craft. Ever hear of moderation? Maybe watch half an hour of the TV instead of binging four episodes.

As the day progresses, balancing the revolving door of events is more challenging, creating an actual juggling act. Personally, that is why a morning ritual works for me. Some people prefer to work on their craft at night once all the day’s chaos is done. I’m generally burnt out creatively by then. Everyone goes to a different beat, and you need to find what works for you.

Guard Your Time Even From Yourself

Here’s the twist . . . you’re the culprit! Sometimes the outside forces of life aren’t the problem when making time for your craft. Sometimes it is you. This may be due to procrastination, resulting in distractions, or you’re stuck in your own head. This is your time, don’t let others take it from you, including yourself.

Those tasks you may be worried about or the ones you think need attention right now most likely can wait. As long as someone isn’t dying or is in danger. If some unnecessary toxic thought enters your mind during your ritual, put it in a jar. That thought can be re-visited later because mind chatter is a real demon to conquer. Stay focused on your own interest and get into that trance for your craft.

Speaking of mystical terminology . . .

Fuel Your Soul

Why guard your time? Well, the points already brought up are valid enough. But if you actively partake in your ritual to focus on your craft, you will be fuelling your spirit, invigorating you once more. We’re not here for a long time, so it’s wise to invest what you do daily into what makes you happy. If it is writing, then great. Want to learn a new musical instrument? Wish you could get more exercise in? Well, guard your time by blocking it out each day, especially if you want to make progress in it.

Baby Steps

In a perfect world, you could block out an entire morning or afternoon to focus on what truly drives you. In the real world, we can likely block out half an hour to an hour at any given point in time. If you can block out two hours, you’re golden!

Many people might not have that ability and can only squeeze in small spurts. That’s okay; block off your time into segments. Maybe you can block off your lunch hour and a little bit before dinner. Doing little steps within your craft is another method to guard your time

Specifically, with writing, the clich�� is we are running the marathon. Those baby steps of half an hour here or an hour there throughout the week adds up over the month and you will be amazed at how far you have gone on your project and craft. The same goes with learning any sort of new skill, working on a big project, or introducing a new habit ��� like committing to guarding your time. It takes consistency to engrave this habit into your mind.

Here’s another clich��, the tortoise and the hair tale. If you aren’t familiar with the story, you really need to look it up. Most of us are and know that (spoilers) the tortoise wins. So, don’t beat yourself up if you can’t do massive stretch goals and conquer the world each and every day.

The First step is . . . Guard Your Time Today!

Homework! Who doesn’t love getting that? Lucky for you, I’m in no place of authority to enforce this homework with punishment. Still, the benefit of participating in this homework is you get to guard your time.

Today, section off ten minutes, or half an hour, and work on that project you wanted to. Or instead of the project, warm yourself up with new exercise by writing a new seen or new musical riff, or actual exercise in the physical sense. That’s all that you need to do to birth a new daily ritual.

Remember to do it again tomorrow to nurture it.

These small steps can lead to a much more fulfilling life if you are willing to make an effort. Remember, long-term habits are challenging to create. Once you make them, they stick with you, and they’ll evolve and adapt if you make it a ritual as you go through life. Go easy on yourself at the beginning and gradually progress.

The work world is filled with sharks, and same with personal lives. If we don’t guard our time, we’ll be swept away in the lives of others who might not have your best interest at heart. Then you���ll wake up one day and wonder why you���re not happy.

Here’s a positive spin on it, if you invest in yourself, you’ll be a better person because you’ll feel more fulfilled. Being a better you is intoxicating and will attract the right people into your lives. You’ll also find it is a lot more fun doing what you enjoy, which is the point of life, isn���t it?

Beer Note: Dandy Brewing Company Wild Sour Ale

I tried the Dandy Brewing Company Wild Sour Ale for this month’s Unprocessed Thoughts. It sits at a 7% alcohol level, classifying it as a strong beer. My former IPA days have shifted into sours, and this one is all the tastes I enjoy. It’s not overly sour by keeping some yeast flavour in it. A second or third would go nicely . . . a little concerning with that 7% note but well worth it!

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Ice Face

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What Do You Want from Writing?

As it is tradition, I take two weeks off at the end of the year to completely detach from the regular routine throughout the year. This time is intended to let the mind wander. In fact, the event is always called ���wandering mind��� for the two weeks in the calendar. Every year it serves a different purpose, and this one focuses on finding a new groove, asking the tricky question: What do you want from writing? 2022 will serve as that new start and hopefully a move in the right direction.

Welcome to Another Edition of Unprocessed Thoughts

Last year was a big one with the writing goals. For the first time, I released three new books and four audiobooks. I���ve gone through the summary in the newsletter and on social media, so we won���t bother with that here. This Unprocessed Thoughts is about reflecting on where the two-week ���wandering mind��� session is taking me.

Resolutions

New Year���s resolutions are a clich��, and most people don���t stick to them. We can all admit it, or we should be able to admit it to ourselves. This is part of the theme of this Unprocessed Thoughts. Ask yourself the tough questions. New Year���s resolutions sound nice on paper. Rarely do we fulfil these new directions. I���ve loosely participated in New Year���s resolutions with general goals for the year. They���re low enough fruit that I can grab them as I don���t try to reinvent myself.

On a broader scale, I thought I was working towards making writing full-time for the past ten years since the release of Reality. I don���t think that���s entirely the case, as I have taken significant detours from what it means to write full time.

What do you want from writing? Well, it���s not an easy one to answer. I���ve grown and evolved the freelance graphic design and web development business and understand the required business side. Not so much in the writing as I have primarily written for passion, thinking the stories are what people want. Yes, beta readers are helpful, and they may enjoy the book because the writing is good but may not apply to a broader audience. Or maybe they���re not the right beta readers.

Keep Learning

Thankfully the lockdown and social distancing have given me time to learn new skills and topics such as:

Online Marketing

This was obvious. With conventions practically gone, it was time to learn about reader magnets, short stories, freebies, ads, promo newsletters, and so on. I���ve reached a wider range of people worldwide now because of it.

Recording Audiobooks

I covered this in another blog post. But audiobooks are worth mentioning as they pull in a new audience, different from the usual online marketing.

Write to Market

This brings us back to the question, ���What do you want from writing?��� It���s a tough one to swallow. I���m still learning it and comprehending the reality of pushing the ego aside if I want to make a living from writing.

There is tons of constant learning and navigating through the vast industry of book publishing and the indie author world. It isn���t the same game ten years ago when I started. I was just trying to figure out how to write my first book back then.

It���s Important to adapt and evolve when running any type of business. Here���s the paradox: we all know that writing a book is like writing a marathon. Marathons require consistency. Being consistent is the opposite of evolving; just look at sharks.

But you can adapt and evolve in gradual shifts while running a marathon. You can adjust your speed, conserve energy, and ensure you���re running on the right path.

What Do you Want from Writing?

You must be conscious of what you���re writing and what you���re trying to get out of it. Is it money? Is it fame? Is it self-fulfillment? Maybe it���s a mix of all three, and it���s ultimately up to you to decide what it is.

False Sense of Validation

You may have figured what you want from writing. It very well could be the same thing forever, or maybe it���s changed over the years. It certainly has for me. For the longest time, I felt the need to validate my own writing after the release of Reality. In doing so, I submitted to many awards, review groups and spent large sums of money in submissions.

Oddly enough, my best-selling books are the ones that I never entered in any awards. Is that an issue? Well, that brings us back to ���what do you want from writing?��� At the time, I convinced myself that I needed validation for my work and the only way to do that was through winning awards.

I���ve grown past that stage, realizing it wasn���t necessary. Still, I���m glad I went through that process of submitting. It forced me to get better at the craft. In a way, many award submissions acted like a paid college course. The judges gave honest feedback, which I applied to improve the writing. Plus, the ones I won look good on the CV, the press kit, and having shiny badges on covers helps pull in potential readers.

Evolve and Adapt

Yes, New Year���s resolutions may be clich��. But at some point, it is good for you to take a long hard look at where you���re at with your writing craft and career. It���s also healthy to look at where you���re at as a person and decide if that���s who you want to be. That���s the tough one. It���s worth being 100% honest with yourself, so you don���t slip into some weird fantasy. That���s a dangerous path that leads to a glass foundation bound to shatter one day.

Nothing is written in stone when it comes to life, well . . . mostly, and you are allowed to evolve and adapt. Ask yourself, what do you want from writing? Perhaps you come back to the same answer as before, or you may realize you���ve never been fully honest with yourself. It���s part of the emotional rollercoaster that comes with any creative endeavour. Don���t be afraid to question yourself. You may be surprised at what you find, and you���ll be better for it.

Beer Note: 948 Brewing Company Extraterrestrial Bitter

For this month���s Unprocessed Thoughts, what do you want from writing? I tried the 948 Brewing Company Extraterrestrial Bitter, a 5.3% alcohol volume can. My girlfriend found it at the famous Sherbrooke Liquor store here in Edmonton. I���m a big fan of space and aliens, so it was a good fit. Bitters are hit and miss for me, and this one has a lot more hops than I anticipated which give plenty of flavours. It is a good one-off drink to mix with your evening to keep yourself adapting and not get stuck.

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Post Religionism

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Focus

This November, I did not partake in NaNoWriMo. Last year I started working on a new series with the working title of Ash. Instead of starting a brand-new book, I decided to continue where I left off with this manuscript. Of course, from 2020 November to 2021 November, there was more. I rewrote and released Rave, Seed Me, recorded a bunch of audiobooks, launched the Patreon short stories, and wrote another draft titled World Mother. Clearly, my focus is all over the place.

Welcome to Another Edition of Unprocessed Thoughts

For this Unprocessed Thoughts, I will dive a bit into some of the creative ideas that I have been working on. It will give you insight into the purposes of where it is all going. The direction has been scattered into the outer limits with little focus. The writing orbits a larger concept I���ve been leaning towards for probably a decade and a half.

Focus is a difficult task. Predominantly when you���re self-driven with your work. As writers, it���s entirely up to us to finish that story. It does help to have a publisher deadline or other means of a closing date, forcing you to get the work done. Friends and family must be mentioned as well. Still, when there is nothing applying pressure, it is easy to start floating around and wandering in different directions aimlessly and forgetting what your focus is about.

This is where I have been for the past year with the detour. The shattered yearly convention routine and the global pandemic probably had a big part in this. The aimlessness led to the rewriting of Seed Me and the new book draft of World Mother, which ties into the larger picture of the Ash series. A number of the short stories on Patreon have been loosely wrapped into the Ash series as well.

On the grander scale, I���ve mentioned all my stories fall under the same universe. Into the Macrocosm was the first glimpse into that. The sequel for the short story collection will follow a similar route, providing stories at various times within the universe. The Ash series brings this to light where the future, the past, and the present collide. It���s sort of the equivalent of Stephen King���s Dark Tower.

You might be wondering what the hell Ash is about. I���ve been sparse on the details, the storyline, and even the genre it falls under. The story is still in its infant stage, despite being a decade and a half old. Ash was always a world premise but never a story premise until recently. Last year was the first time I deemed my writing skills worthy of the story, and I���m pretty excited to work on it.

Progress has been sluggish due to the classic ramp-up of graphic design and webwork from the fall leading into winter. Project crunch time seems routine, which is good if I want a roof over my head.

I���ve also taken advantage of leaving the province a couple of times with reduced travel restrictions. Next year it���s related to a much more significant life change than I���m not quite ready to get into. We will, just later. The change will likely reflect my writing and when the next book will be released, and we���ll worry about that then. And through all of this, I���ve managed to type some words down.

Focus is something that everyone struggles with, even beyond the creative types. With writing, we are both a manifestor and the support group for creating our worlds. Ultimately it���s up to us to type out those words and revise that story to share with people.

The Ash series may have started as a ridiculously slow slog, but all this extra writing I���ve been doing is creating a more immersive and richer universe. The first book of Ash will introduce you to a clash of themes and obscure characters. Yes, I���m fluffing up a bunch of vagueness. Smoke and screens, baby!

Keep watch, though, because more about Ash is soon as my design company projects start to close off at the end of the year. I���ll be taking my yearly time off to refresh and start anew. A blank slate for 2022 is what I need to zone into this series and get my writing back to speed. The story is long overdue, and I am thrilled to share it with you all. Focus is the key.

Beer Note: Arcadia Brewing Inc Coliseum Blonde Ale

Arcadia was birthed as an excellent pub down the street from me, and recently they switched to being a brewery with a new location. Their brewery keeps the same graffiti aesthetic charm that the bar had, and now, it���s even better with their own booze.

Of their beers, the blonde ale is an easy drink, as most blondes are. This one has more of a sting which I like. It complements the punk artwork on their walls and cans. This particular blonde ale is called Coliseum, which is a sporting arena right here in the city. The artwork on the can represents the Coliseum itself which gives it a good Edmonton charm. I���ve had many of these beers before and thought it was worth mentioning as the beer of the month.

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Mercy ��� Bioringer IV

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