Monday, January 4, 2010

From Writer's block to Writers ADD

That's right I have gone from one extreme to the other.  I am trying to faithfully put up posts every few days or at least once a week.  Rose Berg was a bit of a cheat since I had already begun it.  In my defense however I am doing a full remodel on the downstairs.

What a plague, writers have to be real people too.  As a result my mind keeps slipping between tales.  I have moved past Farmville (my poor virtual cows) and on to reading snips of every story on the Textnovel site, even those I am not interested in.  From there I drift between research, obsessively posting mini chapters for the stories I already have started.

Today I spent about three hours reworking cover art.  Not that I mind.  I only wish that along with the joy of having my stories read that I might be able to pay the bills someday.  Then again, when that happens there is always the temptation of artistic compromise.  When you're a starving artist you have no such moral qualms.  So I suppose I ought to count myself rich.  At least for as long as the lights are on and the internet still works.  Soon I promise too be back to my impulsive self.  Just give me a few more days.

And if you have checked things out already go to the site www.textnovel.com and look me up.  I have three stories going presently.  They have all had brief mentions in my blog.  I am hoping to expand my cyber presence in the future with a facebook page solely dedicated to my writing and separate from my personal page.

I will let you know the name as soon as my head clears to think of one.  Hopefully I can be smart from there and use the same name for a web page etc. etc etc.  I know along with the joy of writing is the happy burden of marketing myself.  I am open to clever suggestions from any of you dear followers (Coralie?)

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