I had originally intended to title this post, “Insanity is just a state of mind” and mistyped mind to be mine. As I was looking at it, I realized how much more appropriate that title is. So, I kept it. In truth, insanity is probably a state we all go through at one point or another. To use a(nother) cliche’, “One person’s insanity is another’s reality”. I think this probably explains why I like writing so much. My writing focuses on characters and thus I get the chance to explore different people’s insanity…which is often just a different aspect of my own (most likely). But back to my own insanity. I am currently questioning it. That is simply because of […]
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Dull Roar
One of the challenges I am currently facing has nothing to do with too much work. In fact, it is the complete opposite. I have been going full-out with revisions and editing for the past several months, not to mention putting work out on Wattpad. Now that I have met a revision deadline, I’m suddenly without anything pressing. That may not sound like a bad thing, and in fact, it isn’t, but I’m feeling a little lost. I have plenty of things to work on, but nothing immediate. That is the problem. Rather than jumping into one of my other projects, I’m taking a break. Again, not a bad thing. Except, I’m letting myself relax too much. For me, the […]
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Have you ever eaten something and it was so good that you overdid it? Hours later when you are groaning and uncomfortable you ask yourself what you were thinking? Often (not always) you go back and do it all over again several days/weeks/months later? There are days when my writing projects feel like that. I’m in a very good place creatively right now. I know all of these very smart, very clever people and new ideas are popping up all the time. The problem is, I keep taking on new projects. It has gotten to the point where I’m almost afraid to list them because I overwhelm myself when I do it. Suffice it to say, I have two podcasting, three editing and […]
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I was listening to Mur Lafferty’s “I Should Be Writing” podcast this morning. Specifically episode 171. I love Mur’s podcast because she is so honest about her own writing journey and because a lot of things she talks about are things I’m going through too. In this particular episode she talked about two things that really resonated with me. The first was the sense of entitlement some people seem to have, specifically entitlement about getting published. There were times where I’ve felt that sense of jealousy towards people who “seem” to have hit the jackpot and been published the first time out. Usually what happens is I do additional research and discover that these people have years and YEARS of […]
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