Write On it's 2011

I'm heavily into the heady stages of writing my second novel. Just taking a break before lunch. Hey, it's the last day of the year, why not eh?

For me this is a very interesting time. I'm forty-seven years old, but I'm learning more now than at any point in my entire life. Not just about writing. About everything. And especially about people. A major part of the ability to learn is just keeping an open-mind. Especially about yourself. If that sounds "hippy-ish" to you, well, like I said; I'm forty-seven, and it's the last day of the year.  And this year I wrote and published a novel. I now have a license to pontificate. I earned it.

Next year I will write and publish a second novel. Why?

Writing the first novel was easy. I sat down and wrote about eighty thousand words. Got some help, and wrote about another eighty thousand words. Got some more help, and deleted fifty thousand words and wrote twenty thousand more words. Deleted fifteen thousand of those and wrote another eighteen thousand new ones.  I also read a lot. Books and blogs.

That's all it takes to write a book. Really. Anyone who can write a sentence can do it. And should If nothing else, while you're writing, you're not stealing, killing, or blowing people up. Also, you're not raping someone, lying to them or conspiring to kill off large chunks of the population.

Instead. You are stealing, killing, or blowing people up. You're raping, pillaging, casting spells, sleeping with cats, with multiple personalities, having affairs, murderous and otherwise; And generally having an absolute whale of a time.

If you're lucky, people will read your book. And that's just good karma isn't it? Because when they're reading your book, if nothing else, they're not stealing, killing, or blowing people up. Also, they're not raping someone, lying to them or conspiring to kill off large chunks of the population.

Instead. They are stealing, killing, or blowing people up. They're raping, pillaging, casting spells, sleeping with cats, with multiple personalities, having affairs, murderous and otherwise; And generally having an absolute whale of a time.

…And it can all be done sitting down.

So, as another writer friend just wrote to me today,

"Write On"

Happy New Year to you ALL