Plan to write a trilogy

I’ve been doing a great deal of thinking around the topic of what I really want to do with my life. What do I want to accomplish or achieve? Thus far my goal has been quite vague: to be a successful writer.

Okay. But what does that mean for me? Money? Fame? I won’t lie, money and fame does have an attraction. But then I look at famous or almost-famous writers discussing their craft on the various media and I cringe.

My introvert DNA shudders at the thought. Do I really want to sit under a bright light and sweat through highbrow questions? No. Being in the limelight — why that might just kill me.

As an introvert I mostly avoid drawing attention to myself. I prefer to sit quietly and study the ones who are drawing attention to themselves and the ones that don’t. Writing 101: Thou shalt study human nature. Most writing books will tell you something to that effect.

Yet the time has come to narrow down and fine-tune this lofty concept of being a successful writer. Sometimes one gets bogged down into doing what you think you should be doing instead of what you want.

If money and fame doesn’t get me too excited what is left? And for me what is left is to do something useful. In South Africa the history of slavery has been suppressed during apartheid but there is a resurgence of people wanting to reclaim their history. It’s a cause that resonates with me.

That is when I started thinking of writing a trilogy. I still have to iron out the kinks but for 2024 that is my plan.