The amazing journey into writing
I do feel guilty about not posting any mystical creature descriptions of late, but my new novella has a fairy and the next book is mostly filled with people you have already learned about, so I thought I would write about WRITING!
Writing books is a mystical creation all its own. The characters swim through your mind, demanding their time on the page and even the wimps aren't always what they seem when you meet them. A crazy world that you have to put aside at times and go back to reality. And not the reality you think it might be. In today's writing world independent publishing or traditional the author has to do a lot more work to market their stories.
I admit as much as I love technology - and I do - computers, special effects, video on discs and the Internet with wireless connect - Awesome. But I also admit I didn't want a cell phone because it was like an addiction to my friends and children. I hesitated to get a laptop and a tablet and a kindle and so on and of course now I can't live without them. This has also been the way I looked at the social media - who would I friend - what would I have to say - I spend all my time trying to think up stuff to reply - well that all lasted as long as I hesitated to publish my books.
Writing is not just getting words down on a page - it is getting out there exposing who we are and the warped sense of humor we have. It is reaching out and saying buy my product but DON'T sell!! Write a blog about something you like - I love mythological characters. Tweet about what people have said about your book but also about your dog, the day you swallowed a ceramic tooth - the day you stubbed your toe and couldn't curse like a sailor because there were young children around who are like magpies and repeat every word you say.
All this marketing takes time to put together, to post on Facebook and Twitter and Goodreads and "talk" (why is writing back and forth called talking these days), and reading good things about what you have done and not so pretty comments - but even those have a message you can learn from. But more than anything all this activity makes me feel younger, more alive, more involved and more interested and I already thought I felt those things because of my family and friends.
And the whole point is - IT'S THE MOST AMAZING, SATISFYING, WONDERFUL JOB IN THE WORLD AND I HOPE I CONTINUE TO FEEL THESE WAY FOR MANY MORE YEARS!!
Happy reading and come back again for more. Who knows what you'll find next week!
Writing books is a mystical creation all its own. The characters swim through your mind, demanding their time on the page and even the wimps aren't always what they seem when you meet them. A crazy world that you have to put aside at times and go back to reality. And not the reality you think it might be. In today's writing world independent publishing or traditional the author has to do a lot more work to market their stories.
I admit as much as I love technology - and I do - computers, special effects, video on discs and the Internet with wireless connect - Awesome. But I also admit I didn't want a cell phone because it was like an addiction to my friends and children. I hesitated to get a laptop and a tablet and a kindle and so on and of course now I can't live without them. This has also been the way I looked at the social media - who would I friend - what would I have to say - I spend all my time trying to think up stuff to reply - well that all lasted as long as I hesitated to publish my books.
Writing is not just getting words down on a page - it is getting out there exposing who we are and the warped sense of humor we have. It is reaching out and saying buy my product but DON'T sell!! Write a blog about something you like - I love mythological characters. Tweet about what people have said about your book but also about your dog, the day you swallowed a ceramic tooth - the day you stubbed your toe and couldn't curse like a sailor because there were young children around who are like magpies and repeat every word you say.
All this marketing takes time to put together, to post on Facebook and Twitter and Goodreads and "talk" (why is writing back and forth called talking these days), and reading good things about what you have done and not so pretty comments - but even those have a message you can learn from. But more than anything all this activity makes me feel younger, more alive, more involved and more interested and I already thought I felt those things because of my family and friends.
And the whole point is - IT'S THE MOST AMAZING, SATISFYING, WONDERFUL JOB IN THE WORLD AND I HOPE I CONTINUE TO FEEL THESE WAY FOR MANY MORE YEARS!!
Happy reading and come back again for more. Who knows what you'll find next week!
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