The week to week thoughts and deliberations of a writer that authors, a thinker that dreams, and a realist who hopes.
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The cover came in this week, and the fact of the matter is I was not ready. So, in lieu of putting down my thoughts about how all of that is going, I will instead be elsewhere, making it go.
Two weeks ago, I was given a DVD to watch at the behest of my writer's group. I say it that way because it was less of an assignment, and more of a social obligation in that it was put into my hands along with the burden of their expectation that I would watch it then we could discuss it. So of course I didn't. When it came back around, an up and coming screen writer in the group somewhat excitedly said "I think one of us had a movie to watch," and I was given the terrible duty of disappointing all of them. However, that sick feeling in my stomach was just enough to get me to pop it into the player and view Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn. There was only the one down side, where something like a scratch made the DVD slow, stop, and skip, forcing me to work my techno-craft and fix the problem. With only a ten-minute break in activities, I managed to watch the entire film. I say film because it was good. Shatner didn't sound (to me) like the Priceline guy; he sou...
Rather than saying that I lapsed in posting again, I think at this point it would healthier to admit that I just have a difficulty with blogging. And, I’ve learned, social media of any kind, really. I just don’t get it. To date, I have an Instagram account, where I have posted some of my poetry, and looking back at everything I did, it makes me feel slightly accomplished that to see it all requires scrolling. That makes me feel good. And I have Threads, which I’m still not sure if it’s different, or the same, or how it connects, or even how users really make it work. I have a friend who peppers me with posts from various places, and sometimes it’s from there. She encouraged me to make posts, and in so doing I have seen others’ efforts. It seems to be a nice forum, to sort of create an idea and get feedback in the form of replies. I tried it, and based on the silence, I feel like I did something wrong. And that’s been kind of the overwhelming sentiment from all of this. I have the...
Progress has slowed on getting the audio books out, for the Worlds Beside series, at least. I took a beat and developed a plan for the next few steps. I still need cover work for book 8, and I need a producer for book 3 and others (I’d like to stick with my original actor to wrap the series). All signs point to my trying to tap into some sort of crowdfunding. I think I’d like to offer a 4 book bundle, which would be the first half of the series, the audio versions as well, and if I could, probably set a mark that would allow for special art for the bundle. The plan calls for eating the voicework for book 3, which would be very difficult, but the crowdfunding plan would be even more challenging, so there’s that. In the meantime, I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at a local high school about world building. Right about now is when I realize it would’ve been good to have taken some pictures. Oops. Regardless, thank you Dekalb School of the Arts. My own interests aside, ...
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