Timeout

I just needed some timeout, some headspace to clear my mind as writing can really take it out of you. After editing, rewriting and more editing of six books in the last three years, I just wanted to step away from it and do something else. I have one novel and a novella with two different publishers and both have told me they will be getting back to me in a couple of weeks time. So now it will be a case of playing the waiting game.

My first painting

In the meantime, I have been busy painting. The two paintings I’ve finished have gone to a new home. I was both stunned, and pleased. I must say I really enjoyed getting back into working with paint and brushes. In fact, I love the simple fact that no one can edit or change your painting after hours of work. When you say your painting is finished, it is finished. No one is going to change any of it.

The money I made from the sale of my art went into buying more canvases. I’ve made the decision to split my week up into writing and painting time. I want to focus on painting whatever takes my fancy which at the moment is landscapes using the photographs I have taken. I just want to take the pressure I felt I was under off, and enjoy doing whatever takes my fancy.

My unfinished owl painting.

Promoting my books is so costly and time-consuming. You never really know whether all the time and money you’ve spend makes any difference to the sales, especially after spending money on editing my work, which I know I will never make back. The market is flooded with books and there’s so many free books available too. Though, having said that, I do seem to sell more paperback books than Ebooks so I don’t make my money from pages-turned.

I’m off to do more painting and I shall drop in again soon.

Keep safe, and lets all hope that peace returns soon to Ukraine.