Say you started writing…and I just don’t mean here and there, I mean you wrote a masterpiece in 2 weeks. All of these ideas start filling your head so you jot them down. Another masterpiece hits you and in 5 days you have written a 60k manuscript. Both finished masterpieces are to be series books. You get 30k into both series sequels when suddenly, your brain quits. Its been exactly a year since you wrote your first novel. You sit and stare at your laptop wanting to write but your brain too tired to think of anything to type. Its not writer’s block per se because the story is there to be finished. Its lazy brain because your brain just won’t let you write what it needs to write. Then it dawns on you…what if you were only given this gift for a year. The year is up and all you have is 2 books that belong in series and the series are no where near complete and you have no will power to right. The writing muse is gone forever and your gift was taken with it. Your one chance at fame now gone…lost in the silent echoes of your mind.
You know you have some creativity, some brain activity because you sit here typing out this interesting blog analysis. But, the gift of spinning the stories do not come to your fingertips. Its not writer’s block. You’re writing. Your brain just throws up a haze when you think of the sequels. Your brain is on vacation while you are still left on the dock of the yacht.
You feel like you will be forever a two hit wonder because you could never finish the other books, only talk about how they would have ended great. You miss your chance at fame and fortune, movies, tv series, all because your brain left you on the dock and never came back from Haiti. Damn brain…always thinking for itself.
Novel vs Screenplay…ugh!
Ok, so my sister found a screenwriting contest for me to submit my Wastelands of Oz story to. The catch? I have to rewrite the novel as a screenplay. LIKE OMG do you have any idea how complicated this looks lol I don’t know where to put scene headings, action, or transition etc. I need a book for this. It seems so much more complicated than writing a novel but they claim its easier. Aye aye aye!…
Novel vs Screenplay…ugh!
Ok, so my sister found a screenwriting contest for me to submit my Wastelands of Oz story to. The catch? I have to rewrite the novel as a screenplay. LIKE OMG do you have any idea how complicated this looks lol I don’t know where to put scene headings, action, or transition etc. I need a book for this. It seems so much more complicated than writing a novel but they claim its easier. Aye aye aye! So I’m looking for the software and a book to do this. I have 5 months to turn this novel into a movie and become the next Warner Brothers lol!
Why a Big company?
While running across fans, and writers alike, I have been asked why I choose to want a big company as opposed to a small publishing company. My answer is simple. I live in rural Virginia. We have one main chain of bookstores here: Barnes and Noble. Barnes and Noble recently changed their book product policy as to what they carry in store. They no longer do POD (print on demand) books. Most small…
Why a Big company?
While running across fans, and writers alike, I have been asked why I choose to want a big company as opposed to a small publishing company. My answer is simple. I live in rural Virginia. We have one main chain of bookstores here: Barnes and Noble. Barnes and Noble recently changed their book product policy as to what they carry in store. They no longer do POD (print on demand) books. Most small publishing companies are POD. Big companies are more on the side that the book makes it into the store and on the shelves. It’s a simple reason, and most would consider vain or conceited, but I want to be able to walk through a book store and find my book on a shelf.
The more well known the name of the company, the better it is that you won’t be duped like vanity publishers like to do. Don’t get me wrong, not all new companies are like that. I have started doing blogs on god companies to keep your eye on including new ones. It doesn’t take but like $500 for someone to start their own publishing company, but the money, effort, and time to invest in with authors is what costs in the end. This is where vanity publishers come in and try to get authors to pay for their things upfront. Basically what you could do yourself in self publishing for FREE they want you to pay for. This is a red flag!!
After my name gets out there from published material, I do plan on opening a publishing company. This will be for the indie writers and with a higher profit margin on their behalf. They should be able to make nearly as much money as if they self published themselves. WE will see one where everything goes in life =]
Who would buy my books first?
I always thought once I published, my family would be the first to buy copies…I was wrong. My sister purchased the ebook formats (and supplied my laptop chargers when they broke), but aside from that, not a single one of them bought my book. I have sold more books to people I have never met, never will meet, but none to my family. Its kind of heart breaking =/ My mom would have told everyone to…
Who would buy my books first?
I always thought once I published, my family would be the first to buy copies…I was wrong. My sister purchased the ebook formats (and supplied my laptop chargers when they broke), but aside from that, not a single one of them bought my book. I have sold more books to people I have never met, never will meet, but none to my family. Its kind of heart breaking =/ My mom would have told everyone to buy a copy, I’m FAMOUS now…but my mom died in 2009, long ago…I miss her support, the only true support I ever had and ever will have from my blood family. My husband bought the first copy of my first paperback published book <3 I know who loves me and cares for me now…
My fans love me and I know they are awaiting the release of my first novel. I do this for my kids…so they will know their mother tried to do something for their future…I'm enough for them and I guess that's all that matters right now. I enjoy writing and the two paired with each other gives me the drive to go forward even as little support shows up at the door. So I go forward in the New Year with my head held high knowing that my little family I started and strangers from around the world will be there to support my achievements when this book makes it through press at a publishing company.
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