“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world,” Robin Williams.
Happy New Year!
Wow, I haven’t updated this blog since July of 2022. This year I really do hope to be more consistent with updating my website. Since I last posted, I have finished writing a draft. My 2022 WIP which I currently have named Luna. That will not be the final title, but it’s a good placeholder title so that I can keep my works organized. I have also started writing my WIP for 2023 which I have titled as Forest (again not the final title but more exciting than just calling it my WIP). I’m 12,000 words into Forest and I’m really getting excited about it! Writing has been so much fun lately and I keep learning and improving my craft. I get as much excitement from learning how to write well as I do when I’m writing.
A book I’ve been slowly reading that I would recommend for writers and creatives is The Successful Author Mindset by Joanna Penn. It is extremely encouraging and motivating. It’s the perfect read to start off your new year with! Here is a quote that stuck out to me and that might inspire you. “The easiest way to deal with fear of judgement around one book is to write another book, because who we are right now changes and the next book is something else again. We morph as our work does, or vice versa. I find the fear of judgement lessens with every book I put out there, because I’ve moved on,” Pg. 26 Joanna Penn “The Successful Author Mindset”.
After fifteen years of writing, I have learned how to move on from one book to the next. I have definitely been too attached to one book that I forgot that I should keep on writing. It wasn’t until around 2017 that I finally moved on from that book and started writing other things. That book, however, eventually became a trilogy and I learned so much from writing that trilogy. Especially as I didn’t plan it out, yet somehow, it come together. I might come back to that series one day and do something with it, but I’m having fun working on new things now. I hope writing is going well for you and that you are having a great start to the new year!
Currently reading: Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amelie Wen Zhao, Fear the Flames by Olivia Rose Darling and The Successful Author Mindset by Joanna Penn.
Online course I’m currently taking: Publish Your Novel: Self-Publishing & Marketing Masterclass. The Complete, Step-by-Step Guide to Self-Publishing and Marketing Your Book and Launching Your Author Career created by Jessica Brody, Writing Mastery, Bethany Atazadeh