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Work, work, and more work! Such is the life.

9/13/2013

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As the target date of 16 September approaches, I have a bundle of mixed emotions.  Again, I will have the opportunity to release a body of work in memory of my uncle Harvey, and in honor of all my family and friends who have supported me along the way.  But I'm also very nervous.  I know the work is good, but even after having been a writer all of my life, I still get a case of "Is it good enough?" swirling about in my head.  Not in a crippling fear sort of way, but in an always overthinking everything sort of way.  I tell myself that such is the life of a published author.

I've put in a lot of effort to making this revision of The Other Side of 30, 2nd Edition (TOST2), something that readers can enjoy as much as (hopefully more) than the last release.  I'm a good kind of tired, with lots more to be done, to make sure that the book is available for purchase on time.  Figuring out these links is exhausting, but I want to make finding and buying my book an easy task, so I gotta just work it out.
 
And right on the heels of the TOS2, is the Up from Here project, and then The Other Side of 40 (TOSF), my sort of sequel to TOST2.  All of this, I'm hoping to get accomplished by the end of the year.  Whew! Work, work, and more work!  But I'm liking this life.

I said I wanted to own my own publishing house, and that's what I've got. And everything that goes along with it.  Planning, budgeting, publicity, marketing, hiring editors, designers, publicists, and running everything by my attorney and accountant before making my decisions.  It's not what I thought it would be like, but it's nice to be in this kind of control.  Plus, once I'm good and off the ground with my own pet projects, I'll be a better informed and vastly more experienced publisher.  I can start helping other unknowns and upstarts to get their chances at sharing their work with the world.

I'm not in the "Awesome" phase, yet, but I think I'm on the right track. I no longer fear not being "good enough"  If someone doesn't like the work, I just tuck that away into the "needs improvement" file, and know that I just have to keep improving and growing.
I think that's important for anyone who would call him/herself a writer.  I think that writers who don't improve and grow are not being the best they can be.

As always, good luck, to all writers and artists to put out the best products possible.  We have to remember that no matter how hard the work is to get to quality, junk peddling is not an option. Love the craft.
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The Other Side of 30 (2nd Edition)
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One Step Closer to Publication of New Release

6/21/2013

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Finally sent the completed proposed publishing agreements to the remaining contributors of the Up from Here project. 
I'm looking forward to turning out a great piece of work for a great cause, and I'm trying hard to stay motivated through the whole process.  It's nice to be one step closer.  
I know quite a few people who run their own publishing companies, so many others who publish their own books.  Some, I admire. Others, not so much.  I just want to get this right.  I have to admit that I get discouraged seeing how some people make it look so easy and so fast.
This project has been turning and churning in my head since 2009.  It was already like pulling teeth to get people to contribute, especially considering all of the very talented people I know who would have been great to have on board, and along the way, some who initially agreed to participate have bowed out.  Understandably so, since it's taking so long to get it off the ground, but still. I wish I would know more sooner so I could do more faster.  *Sigh*  Some contributors have stayed on board, but I can't help but wonder how long they'll stick with it.  I hope, I hope, I hope!
Geez. It really is a labor of love. So much time, energy and money invested in getting this right.  And then, more time.  And then, publicity!  God, help me.
But yeah. It's still nice to be one step closer.  I hope that readers will find it all worth the wait.  *Shoulder to the wheel.*
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The Inspiration Next Door

6/17/2012

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My next door neighbor has nice legs, and a great smile.  We've spoken and chatted in passing, only a few times in the last several months.  Once, when the UPS guy left a package for him at my apartment.  Another time, when his kids peeked out the door while I was putting up Christmas lights.  And tonight, as I was setting some things outside for Freecycle pick up, when he came home with his kids from a barbeque and baseball game.  He smiled, said a few words about it being his weekend to have the kids, (it is Father's Day, after all), and chatted about his upcoming travel out of town.  Then, we said our good nights and closed the doors.

Okay, so I know that there's about a snowball's no chance that he's interested in me, but I can see a story coming out of this.  Maybe even a hot, steamy, love story.  Of course, it doesn't help that I'm horny.  But damn, he's cute! 

You just never know where your inspiration to write will come from.  But it's usually when (and from where) you least expect it.
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Write to Live

5/5/2012

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Every day of life presents us with an opportunity to create something meaningful.  Sometimes, it will be pretty, even beautiful.  Other times, it will be ugly, disgusting, or perhaps just really awkward.  But being a writer means not only having the gift or the inclination to string together words on a page or screen.  It also means having the courage to reveal what is not the easiest or most pleasurable to look at. 
Some of our best writing ever will come from painful and completely unpretentious places.  In the "darkest hour" moments, it is what lights us up.  It is what sheds light on the darkness of others.  It is what it means to live.


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