I’ve been swept up in a number of personal responsibilities so I thought I would repost a funny diversion until I can get back to you about my main focus. Hope you like it. I always know when I need a break from writing my novel when my mind insists on wandering down sometimes ludicrous
Last week I wrote about the challenges of maintaining one’s motivation to create. Especially when it seems there are forces that are actively working against you. An example of such Resistance was personalized in the figure of the Fairy Godmother of Meh and her interference with our little pal, Ralph Elfalfa. However, hope of regaining
We’ve all been there. Those days when the motivation to work on our “art” is weak to non-existent. In his book, “The War of Art”, writer Stephen Pressfield, speaks of “Resistance” in such cases. In his theory, this force is a very real thing that works against your plans to pursue your creative goals. Resistance
When engaged in the editing of my novel, I’ve learned an important lesson. I might have two books on my hands rather than just one. What that means is that even after assiduous editing – chopping here, tossing out there – I still have a novel so large that to put it out on the
Been loaded with other work recently so I’m running this Doodle Blog from a couple of years ago. It does, in a way, tie back to my blog on where some of my ideas come from. There’s a large “What if…” to the silly story below. I hope you had a laugh. Since I doodled
As I approach the latest edit on my novel, it has struck me that running through it are some of the broad influences of my favourite stories. That’s inevitable, of course but two of my major influences stem from works at opposite sides of the literary spectrum. It makes for some interesting imagery in my
So, I’ve been swept up editing my upcoming novel. It’s not the first time but I’m hoping it’s the last time before I send it out to a professional. And Proof-Readers and Beta Readers and so on. There are multiple levels that a book passes through before it hits the market and I’m learning just
I’m a bit busy these days so I thought I’d repost an old Doodle Blog for your enjoyment. One of my distractions lately has been this little gentleman to the side. His name is Tars Tarkas, after the 11 foot tall, green, four-armed, tusked Martian warrior from the Mars novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He’s
When I was first asked this question the answer that immediately sprang to mind was: “It depends.” For our fantasy-adventure, graphic novel trilogy, The Sorcerer’s Children, I had been reading a lot of Celtic mythology, fantasy and non-fiction history. In that case, the setting or world swirled around in my head with the history of
Whether in novels, films or comic books, modern storytelling is often divided into Genres and Sub-Genres. One of the challenges I’ve faced as an author is understanding what “Genre” my novel falls into as I’ve included elements from more than one. In terms of marketing, every writer needs to understand where their story sits whether
