I’m interested in getting your thoughts about stuff I see and hear, quotes I read, stuff that passes as knowledge – and starting an authorey conversation.
This makes all the difference. Can you get your head around it?
I’m interested in getting your thoughts about stuff I see and hear, quotes I read, stuff that passes as knowledge – and starting an authorey conversation.
This makes all the difference. Can you get your head around it?
Dan Alatorre 
Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thank you!
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When it comes to thoughts, I’m afraid these ones are way down my list…
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Hard to believe people think this way.
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At the risk of sounding grumpy. I don’t care either way. Elaboration follows….
Writing is great fun, while part of my motivation is to entertain. If only one or two people read it and enjoyed it. Job done. If no one reads it….Well, we’ll wait a century or two and see about that.
(I am not a good influence on young or new writers, but this attitude has got me two kindle books under the belt this year…I’ll get double figure sales yet!)
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You’re right. You sound grumpy.
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And proud of it.😉
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Ha!
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I didn’t tell anyone I was writing until it was half way done. Just didn’t want to have people asking forever… so how’s the novel you’re working on? Huh? You know the one you’ve been working on for three years? Got something new to write about now? Make the characters a little more three dimensional? Some twists and turns? A little epilogue? Everybody learns the hero’s journey isn’t always a happy one? … Yeah, that’s why I didn’t tell anyone I was writing. Thanks family guy. 🙂
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Your process work for you! You wrote a great story.
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I can relate in some ways. I took some of the more salacious sex scenes out of Ostrich Mentality because I was afraid of my Dad reading it. LOL
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Ha!
First, the more salacious the sex scenes, the more people will read it. I suppose that means the more potential embarrassment, but you have to start somewhere.
And my dad read my sexy story book. He called me to tell me the sex scenes were really awful. Not just awful, but really awful. Thanks dad!
He is my biggest fan, 100%, except for that book.
That’s OK because pretty much every other person who read it found it really good, including the sex scenes.
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The book works without the sex. Don’t tell but I actually rolled one of the naughty scenes into a short story I will be giving people who review my book on amazon. smiles
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Ingenious!
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I get my best ideas from a mad guy on the interwebs named Dan. Met him? He’s fab.
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Ha! Good for me!!
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I did the opposite – when I had decided to write my first novel, I told EVERYONE I could that I was doing it – then that really made me focus and actually do it!
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Yep. Motivation. Nice.
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Reminds me of the quote (do not recall who said it) when asked if the actor was annoyed that people were always asking for autographs, he said he would be more upset if they stopped asking.
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I get that
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