Writing - Should you try to measure success?
The above title is about the third I've thought of since the subject of the blog came to mind. Hopefully, I will go some way to answering it whatever it is.
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Sadly, I've nothing new to add to the plethora of information that is out there about selling your work. In many ways you have to write to tell, not sell! (Jonas Eriksson). However, it is good to share one's success no matter how small and I've had some small pluses.
Cessation is the latest novel to sell so I enclose the synopsis.
The story is a speculative journey into a possible future that may lie ahead of us all. There is evidence that such a future may not be impossible. We have been warned that unless we increase the ability to produce electricity there could be power cuts in the next ten years. Our modern day lives are permeated through with the need for electricity and its production.
Although Cessation could be categorised as a dystopian story I find that rather a negative word and the purpose of writing the tale is to allow elements of hope in a seemingly desperate situation.
The story begins in 2023 a couple of years after the lights go out for the last time. Our group of survivors are thrown together on a farm in the low Pennines north of the M62 motorway and within striking distance of a number of northern towns which could prove useful for supplies. Initially the group is small and live on a farm called Serendipity but as time passes the size of the group waxes and wanes for a variety of reasons.
In fact when I wrote this which was the fifth novel I felt at the time, and still do, that this was my finest effort. I believe that my technique has improved further since but it remains one of my better stories. It is available on Kindle and in paperback at,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cessation-David-L-Atkinson-ebook/dp/B00H1XL58A/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463843273&sr=1-1&keywords=david+l+atkinson
So that was the beginning of a good couple of days then there was Forward Poetry.
https://www.forwardpoetry.co.uk/
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As many of you will be aware by now - I write poetry. There are two books being published by the above on August 1st and two of my poems are being published in them.
One of the books is entitled Poetic Forms and the poem is below.
Stars
Scattered on a black velvet cushionPoints of brilliance demanding your gazeToo distant to discern total functionVisible through an emotional haze
Shining in the eyes of friend or loverRomanticising a chill winter's nightHand in hand discovering each otherHeart deep warmed by sparkling pinpricks of light
Stellar noises tease tender emotionsWaken the yearning in young persons' mindsRoars through psyche demanding devotionCarves into the heart of men of all kinds
Romantic allegiance comes from afarIs it simply light issuing from stars?
This poem qualifies for Poetic Forms in that it is an example of a sonnet.Then there is the second - a love poem. Valentine's Day is being published in Love is in the Air
Valentine's Day
It shouldn't be about how much you payfor the cellophane-wrapped flower bouquet.It shouldn't be about the cards you sendfor the postman to deliver to your friend.It shouldn't be about the size or quality of giftthat you've bought perchance to heal a rift.
Valentine's Day is a chance to expressthe love you feel within your chest.An opportunity to please the oneyour whole being is dependent upon.Take the chance to show your emotionto the significant subject of your devotion.
So this weekend I feel successful. I won't make a shed load of money but I have been noticed and if you're noticed by one person then you have achieved success.
God Bless
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Sadly, I've nothing new to add to the plethora of information that is out there about selling your work. In many ways you have to write to tell, not sell! (Jonas Eriksson). However, it is good to share one's success no matter how small and I've had some small pluses.
Cessation is the latest novel to sell so I enclose the synopsis.
The story is a speculative journey into a possible future that may lie ahead of us all. There is evidence that such a future may not be impossible. We have been warned that unless we increase the ability to produce electricity there could be power cuts in the next ten years. Our modern day lives are permeated through with the need for electricity and its production.
Although Cessation could be categorised as a dystopian story I find that rather a negative word and the purpose of writing the tale is to allow elements of hope in a seemingly desperate situation.
The story begins in 2023 a couple of years after the lights go out for the last time. Our group of survivors are thrown together on a farm in the low Pennines north of the M62 motorway and within striking distance of a number of northern towns which could prove useful for supplies. Initially the group is small and live on a farm called Serendipity but as time passes the size of the group waxes and wanes for a variety of reasons.
In fact when I wrote this which was the fifth novel I felt at the time, and still do, that this was my finest effort. I believe that my technique has improved further since but it remains one of my better stories. It is available on Kindle and in paperback at,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cessation-David-L-Atkinson-ebook/dp/B00H1XL58A/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463843273&sr=1-1&keywords=david+l+atkinson
So that was the beginning of a good couple of days then there was Forward Poetry.
https://www.forwardpoetry.co.uk/
[image error]
As many of you will be aware by now - I write poetry. There are two books being published by the above on August 1st and two of my poems are being published in them.
One of the books is entitled Poetic Forms and the poem is below.
Stars
Scattered on a black velvet cushionPoints of brilliance demanding your gazeToo distant to discern total functionVisible through an emotional haze
Shining in the eyes of friend or loverRomanticising a chill winter's nightHand in hand discovering each otherHeart deep warmed by sparkling pinpricks of light
Stellar noises tease tender emotionsWaken the yearning in young persons' mindsRoars through psyche demanding devotionCarves into the heart of men of all kinds
Romantic allegiance comes from afarIs it simply light issuing from stars?
This poem qualifies for Poetic Forms in that it is an example of a sonnet.Then there is the second - a love poem. Valentine's Day is being published in Love is in the Air
Valentine's Day
It shouldn't be about how much you payfor the cellophane-wrapped flower bouquet.It shouldn't be about the cards you sendfor the postman to deliver to your friend.It shouldn't be about the size or quality of giftthat you've bought perchance to heal a rift.
Valentine's Day is a chance to expressthe love you feel within your chest.An opportunity to please the oneyour whole being is dependent upon.Take the chance to show your emotionto the significant subject of your devotion.
So this weekend I feel successful. I won't make a shed load of money but I have been noticed and if you're noticed by one person then you have achieved success.
God Bless
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