Friday, September 20, 2013
Saturday, September 7, 2013
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
The Real Work, crap crap crap crap.... *insane smiles*
When I get good ideas out of the blue for a work in progress that's going to make things better but also more difficult I jump up and down in frustrated smiles. Writing is a medicated BDSM proscription.
I keep getting ideas and have to go back through this WIP and its frustrating because I know its making things better but...I feel like I'm getting nowhere.....I know, my friends who are really good writers are probably saying I'm finally understanding what real writing work is and you are so right.
This past week I got two good ideas that really add to this WIP but its a back track to the beginning and moving back through once again. On some parts of this I'm on a 3rd draft, on others a 2nd draft, and more and more things a zero draft. These new things are needed, the work is weak without them, but I need to be careful also that I don't get idea overload because I've drowned myself in that sometimes.
The real work of writing, as I'm learning, is one of balances. Balance of setting a road and travelling down it, knowing when a backtrack is a good idea, knowing that driving with a chaos course is no excuse for lazy navigating, knowing when to seek directions when lost, and when to be afraid of how the trip is going.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
A Couple Questions
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Tin Universe Volume One
Took some time today between four loads of laundry, the Florida heat, and second day of starting back on the 30 Day Shred, to work on Tin Universe Volume One; which will be out in Dec for the low low price of $2 per download. Not a limited time offer, no prize inside, not even rub on tattoos, but still pretty sweet.
It's a collection of the 14 stories I've already released with a quick look over by me but not really a new edit. This is a reminder to me of how far I've come since then so it functions as a good starting point for new readers and a kick to my head also if I need it.
The collection will have one totally new short story that sets up the next phase of these stories and I think the next phase of me as a writer. Contents will be short stories, vignettes, 1 novella, and one novel, and also all covers if I can get the images down to a good size but not too a crappy were I don't want to use them.
Releasing this in Dec. will allow me and the readers to go right into Tin Universe #13 in January.
Also I wanted to give a shout out to Courtney Summers who answered a question on her Tumblr and her answer is something every writer going through doubts should read.
It's a collection of the 14 stories I've already released with a quick look over by me but not really a new edit. This is a reminder to me of how far I've come since then so it functions as a good starting point for new readers and a kick to my head also if I need it.
The collection will have one totally new short story that sets up the next phase of these stories and I think the next phase of me as a writer. Contents will be short stories, vignettes, 1 novella, and one novel, and also all covers if I can get the images down to a good size but not too a crappy were I don't want to use them.
Releasing this in Dec. will allow me and the readers to go right into Tin Universe #13 in January.
Also I wanted to give a shout out to Courtney Summers who answered a question on her Tumblr and her answer is something every writer going through doubts should read.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Writer Honesty?
From an email exchange I had today.
Email-"Do you have friends who are in print published writers?"
Me-"Yes, three. And one editor."
Email-"Do you talk to them about writing?"
Me-"To be honest, not much, and mainly because I have this scratch in the back of my brain that tells me they will at any moment tell me to come back when I'm a real writer. None of them would say that but it's a thought that's there if I'm being honest"
Email-"Do you have friends who are in print published writers?"
Me-"Yes, three. And one editor."
Email-"Do you talk to them about writing?"
Me-"To be honest, not much, and mainly because I have this scratch in the back of my brain that tells me they will at any moment tell me to come back when I'm a real writer. None of them would say that but it's a thought that's there if I'm being honest"
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Can't, I Has No Time Turner or T.A.R.D.I.S so THE TIME!!!
I posted this on my Twitter today and it got me thinking: "I currently have 666 emails in my inbox. This shit just got real." and none of that is spam.
I get more email now than I've ever gotten in all my time online and I love getting emails from friends, people who read my rants, rambles, and opinion screams on my different sites, and people who read my stories, and I want you to know your emails positive or negative about my writing give me smiles on bad days and good ones alike, and I will answer each and every one, but I can answer emails on time and write daily blog rants, rambles, and opinion pieces or I can tune up the stories I'm writing to a point that my chaos brain puke can be understood.
If I focus on the former and not the latter you get the stories I released on the internet so for. Not ashamed of any of those stories, lessons learned, steps on the road, not deleting them, but this is how it must be for me from now on. Born in 1974 and I have been writing almost my whole life in one shape or form and now I'm at a point of finally seeing the road I want to take and how to get there but I have to build that road and take those steps and I'm not the brightest bulb in the outhouse so it takes me a lot of time and effort.
As I said, slowly I'm attacking that 666 and I will still update the sites but probably no where near as much as I have in the past.
and the irony of writing a blog entry about needing to do less things like writing blog entries.
or is that irony? Damn you Alanis....
I get more email now than I've ever gotten in all my time online and I love getting emails from friends, people who read my rants, rambles, and opinion screams on my different sites, and people who read my stories, and I want you to know your emails positive or negative about my writing give me smiles on bad days and good ones alike, and I will answer each and every one, but I can answer emails on time and write daily blog rants, rambles, and opinion pieces or I can tune up the stories I'm writing to a point that my chaos brain puke can be understood.
If I focus on the former and not the latter you get the stories I released on the internet so for. Not ashamed of any of those stories, lessons learned, steps on the road, not deleting them, but this is how it must be for me from now on. Born in 1974 and I have been writing almost my whole life in one shape or form and now I'm at a point of finally seeing the road I want to take and how to get there but I have to build that road and take those steps and I'm not the brightest bulb in the outhouse so it takes me a lot of time and effort.
As I said, slowly I'm attacking that 666 and I will still update the sites but probably no where near as much as I have in the past.
and the irony of writing a blog entry about needing to do less things like writing blog entries.
or is that irony? Damn you Alanis....
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