Jinx?
I don't want to jinx myself but I've finally made some progress on my fifth novel. It is a very interesting (and frustrating!) exercise since I'm writing about something I know nothing about: Polish immigrants in the 19th century.
Of course I've done quite a bit of research, but history is written about kings, princes, major wars, polities, zeitgeists, discoveries, and events that changed the world. There is no information about what a Polish peasant or sharecropper's life in the 1800s was like.
It's very taxing on the imagination and humbling for sure. What I've written is interesting to me, but I'm not who's gonna be buying it.
Guess all you can do is cross your fingers and hope for the best.
Of course I've done quite a bit of research, but history is written about kings, princes, major wars, polities, zeitgeists, discoveries, and events that changed the world. There is no information about what a Polish peasant or sharecropper's life in the 1800s was like.
It's very taxing on the imagination and humbling for sure. What I've written is interesting to me, but I'm not who's gonna be buying it.
Guess all you can do is cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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Jul 16, 2019 12:41PM
Thanks, Caroline. Great to hear from you. My fourth is out: Song for the Forsaken, the title you chose for me! Take care, Jan
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Nearly at the end of the 7th book in the Bennet Wardrobe series..."The Pilgrim: Lydia Bennet and a Soldier's Portion"...like maybe 2,000 words. Do not worry about who will buy. Write your truth!
Thanks so much, Don. And you're absolutely right. Sometimes I'm not completely sure what the truth is, however.
