Since it's still the "new year" and all good people are examining their lives to make improvements ... [gag] ... I thought I'd mention some links that particularly interested me this week. Buried in each, I found a nugget of good advice. Maybe they'll be useful for you too.
So, what's your greatest fear about your writing?
If you found the first blog interesting,
you might find some of this interesting too.
you might find some of this interesting too.
I've removed one fear from my phobia list -- looking for an agent, even though I encourage writer friends to go the traditional publishing route. Yeah, I know seeking an agent is the big #1 step on the route. Why do I do this? Because I don't think print and e publishing are mutually exclusive. Anyway, if you are seeking an agent, you should read Roni Loren's blog: "What Will Make an Agent 'Gong' Your Query'. Some useful editing tips there. Yeah, ya gotta edit and revise your queries too.
Sometimes blogs make scary reading because of the subject matter. I'm one of those kooks who spend extra money to eat natural foods, preferably USA certified organic even though I realize there can be problems there. Ari La Vaux, a syndicated food columnist, wrote an interesting article on the hidden effects of GMO foods.
For those of you having trouble finding your writing grove, horror writer, Lake Lopez has some words of advice on writing every day. Basically, she makes a good point that there is more to writing than stringing words together like beads.
While we're thinking about new-yearsie, resolutiony stuff, Michael Hyatt wrote a blog on "Creating Your Personal Life Plan". This is a plug for his book [free], but it also serves as a useful example of a publicity piece, I think.
In closing, I'll say my "life plan" is simple, maybe even
simple-minded: enjoy myself.
2 comments:
My greatest fear about writing is just failure to ever finish anything. As would be evidenced way CP's, like you, get a couple chapters from me, and then nothing. Well, I finish rough drafts. But we all know that's only half of the process :)
Think I know how you feel on this. I'm also stuck on the "never completing much" wheel. That's why this year I'm testing writing one short story a month, but concentrating on the manuscripts that need revising/editing. I wrote the things. It's only fair, I give them a chance to be rejected.
[Oh, I may have a publisher for the manuscript you critiqued [Demons].]
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