With any creative endeavor, there’s a sweet spot to be found. I have been writing fiction for almost 40 years now. Because I bought into multiple false narratives – you can’t make money in the arts, the concept of the starving artist, only a select few make it – I didn’t pursue this vocation for a long time. Funny thing is, the arts have always been in my blood. In High School, it was choir
I have many ongoing projects and new ideas happening in various stages. Sometimes, they just won’t shut up! Who are they? The voices in my head. Now, before you dismiss me as crazy, allow me to clarify: the characters for the fiction I write are alive in my mind. They exist in the world I have fashioned for them, and they sometimes “talk” to me. So no, I’m not crazy (okay, actually, I AM crazy,
Whatever form it takes, a book you create is awesome. While writing comes relatively easily to me – I know it is harder for others. This includes people who have a story to tell and desire to see their words in print. It may take a long time, a whole lot of effort, and tremendous work to create a final product. That’s not a bad thing. Speed of creation is unimportant. Since the eBook reader
Fear will lie to you a lot. But don’t let it stop your work. Over the last year or so, I’ve joined several groups on Facebook. They each have a different flavor of relation to writing. Some are nonfiction, some fiction, some specifically sci-fi and fantasy. One thing I see frequently is the fears of new writers. Fear of the direction of their story, fear of completion, fear of publishing, fear of even getting started
Persistence is the key to accomplishing everything. But how does it work? When I was younger, I jokingly referred to myself, more than once, as The King of Indecision. I spent a lot of my 20s and 30s being indecisive. I would stall, delay, and avoid choices and decisions frequently. Why? Because I didn’t want to make the wrong one. When I started college, I did so without choosing a major. At orientation, I joked
What does it take to get your brand noticed? While I have been writing for nearly 40 years, I didn’t get professionally published until I had the opportunity for a couple of short stories to be published in anthologies. That began in 2011 – ten years ago. I dipped my toe into the self-publishing waters via nonfiction first. Taking a year of my Pathwalking blog posts, I did my first self-publishing in 2013. After years
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I post here twice weekly about my work with Positivity, Mindfulness, and Conscious Reality Creation. I’ve been blogging every week, without fail, since the beginning of 2012.
Mondays – Positivity (and related ideas for making choices and decisions in life).
Wednesdays – Pathwalking (my philosophy for consciously choosing how to live your life mindfully, on your terms).