Almost a month since my last post. Gee, so much for posting often, right?
Here it is a new year and a new look. What do you think?
My year got off to a bad start. I'm not going into details here but it's not been "happy".
My writing on the other hand is going very well. I've been a good girl and have been writing every day, all day. I can't honestly say the words are good words but they are words on the page which more than makes up for it. I can't edit an empty page. I like my characters, they're a lot of fun to write. It's the plot and the story I'm suffering through. I'll get through this draft and then put it away for awhile to work on something else. I have a lot of projects to work on so that'll keep me fairly busy throughout 2011.
I look at my writing as an illusion. I'm painting a world in which someone can let go of reality and live someone else's life for awhile. Or at least, that's what I hope to accomplish.
Along with the writing projects, I have quite a few novels in my to-be-read pile (at last count: 12) and still more I need to purchase. "Need", yes that's what I said. Novels are a necessity in my life. I can't do without something to read. Let's face it, I'd rather read someone else's work than my own. I can't help but compare myself to the authors I read on a regular basis. I find myself saying, "Am I this good?", "I wish I'd thought of that." and, "Wow, have I really been reading this for the past four hours?"
If you write, reading is important. After I read a very good novel, I find myself inspired in my own writing. I also don't just read novels in the genre I prefer to write in. I read a lot of genres, including non-fiction.
And now I must close, I have a novel to write.
