It's been some time since I've written, mostly because year end has me running around like a mad person. Of course, being sick for nearly two months straight didn't do me any favors. So, where do I stand? Well, technically I guess I'm sitting, but that leaves me to plan out my next year so I can, hopefully, bring more stories to life.
With that being said, Legacy of Secrets will come to an end this year. It's been a long seven years and many tears, but it is time to bid farewell. I can't begin to tell you how bittersweet I feel about the whole thing. I mean, it was the first series, the first actual books, I've ever written, and somehow people have enjoyed them. However, my story doesn't end there. I have COUNTLESS stories nagging at the back of my brain, begging to be given the chance to spill onto those pages. I've held them back for a long time, trying to get LoS just right, but that time is about to be here and I'm so, so glad. Perhaps the first story to be finished will be Falling Undercover, as it is halfway there, but I'm not sure it it's the right time for that one yet. No, I think I have one or two others that might be better suited. First, there's a new series I just cooked up a few weeks ago that's heavily rooted in Greek mythology. Second, the Sci-fi novel that I've kept pretty close to the vest for the last five years or so. That one will be a wondrous book to behold, if I get the courage up enough to write it. Seems silly, doesn't it? I guess I'm afraid it will not be as good written down as it is in my head. I have this disease where stories play out like movies and then I am supposed to, somehow, figure out how to translate them to other people. It's called being a writer, and sometimes it sucks! But I digress...here's to a prosperous 2016! We all need it anyway. I mean, we've been working our asses off for twelve months with little to show. It's time there was a year to bring down the shower of dolla dolla bills y'all!! Hahahaha! What's your 2016 have in store?
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One month. That's all that's left of 2015. I keep looking back on this year, trying to figure out whether I've actually accomplished anything. I feel like I've been running in place, grasping at straws and making an all out ass of myself. I can't be alone in this, right?
It seems I like to just fly by the seat of my pants most days and that doesn't work for me. I know it doesn't work, but I've done little to fix it. NO MORE. I am putting some new things into place in December that will help to keep me engaged with my "fans" and connections, free up my computer time to do things that are actually productive and give me some much needed time to spend with my family. One of the most frustrating parts of this business is the saturation of the market. There are SO MANY authors out there who've published in some capacity. A good portion of them are great, but there are those who need more practice that are ruining it for the rest of us. I hate to sound like I'm full of myself (which if you've read any of my work at all, you know that's not me), but I like to think my talent is at least above the average author. When I see other authors see success when their skill level is lacking, to put it nicely, I get extremely discouraged. Not to say that their stories aren't wonderful, but the delivery leaves something to be desired in some cases. But I digress. My personal feelings about the publishing world is pretty much irrelevant. Every author dreams of something bigger and I'm no different. Unfortunately, I just don't have those types of connections to make it happen, which is why I have been struggling as of late. I'm sure you've seen me say "Procrastination is my superpower" at some point and I am definitely not lying about that. Sometimes, it gets so bad that I'm up until 6 am just trying to finish a scene or task. It can get pretty ridiculous. This is also why I'm working on correcting my terrible behavior! That being said, I hope to have another book coming out around the first of the year that is completely different from everything else. You might have seen Falling Undercover listed on my social media or even seen the page on my website. It is a romantic suspense novel that I hope won't completely suck :p. Well, I'm off to write for about an hour before I have to sleep to go back to my real life job (highly overrated, I know). Happy reading, loves! Lisa xoxoxoxo I feel the need...the need to...write? Well, it started out sounding right! I'm going to attempt NaNoWriMo again this year. I didn't win last year, but as I haven't written much this year, I am determined. I always have a hard time figuring out whether I want to start something new or continue an existing project. I've heard many people say that you're most likely to finish if you work on something brand new, but I'm not sure if that's true for everyone.
I've got two stories I'm working on: Falling Undercover and the next Legacy of Secrets novella. I have about ten other story ideas and no idea where I want to start. That would be one of the many cons of my writer-life. Dialogue and story outlines are a constant through my mind, as are the million other things I have going on each day. Which would you choose? Something fresh and new? Or something that is waiting to be finished? I want to know!!! ~Lisa
I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one who lives through the "when it rains, it pours" mentality, but damn it's been a hurricane lately. It's hard to keep your head when everything seems to be falling apart, but then again, that's kind of the point of life, right? I mean, we're built to survive, even when we're at the worst points in life. At least that's what I choose to believe.
As a writer, I live vicariously through my characters. The loves, losses, adventures and everything in between fills the parts of me that craves these things. So what if it's all in my head? I can say that at least I've lived it in a sense. Reading is the only thing you can do that provides endless lives to live and relive. You can be in Narnia one day and the next in Forks, WA. Writers get to create those worlds and then relive them again and again. It's no wonder some of us go insane. Until next time.... It's constant; like a current. Words, phrases, ideas, thoughts, plots, names, things, things....so many damn things. Sometimes it's exhausting and debilitating. Sometimes I feel like I need a dial to turn it down. Sometimes I have no idea what's going on. What I do know is that I'd probably be clinically insane if anyone took the time to notice. So what's the cure? You tell me! I watch a lot of Netflix (usually stuff pertaining to what I'm writing), read a lot of books (same genres as shows) and jot down notes whenever possible. The last thing I want to do is forget something that might be important. Of course to someone like me, even the description of a person's voice could be tantamount to an entire 80k word novel. It's the little things, right? Call me crazy. Call me brilliant (which is a stretch). Call me a creative soul. But not one person can call me lazy. What do you do to turn down the white noise? |
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