Well folks, a several months and two different addresses later, the first draft of the novel I was working on is done.
Huzzah!
And I’m leaving it alone. Right now I’m working on a short story that’ll hopefully take my mind completely away from the novel so I can get back at it with fresh eyes. Then starts the rewriting process, which I’ll hopefully be posting about with more frequency.
Sorry again folks, the 65-hour workweek and the joy of summer weekends hit me hard. After that last false start, hopefully things will pick up again in terms of posting.
In the meantime, definitely check out Midwestern Gothic if you’re a writer and want to submit something. I’m one of the regular contributors over there, and the publisher will post anything you send him.
Anything. So go ahead and enjoy the work of other fellow writers.
Sorry for the long, inexplicable darkness. Between selling our house in Michigan, the day job and some trips back and forth to Grand Rapids and Detroit from Chicago, updating this thing has been kind of tough.
Never fear, the novel is still rolling along. We’re up around 50K and going strong. I’ll start up the weekly updates this Sunday. Hopefully, I’ll also be able to entertain you with some more creative insights.
The root of all evil is shameless self-promotion. It’s even worse when you get tons of other bloggers in on the act.
The root of all evil, John Chow is giving away a Nintendo Wii. To enter, all you have to do is write a blog post about it. He suckered a sponsor, 1234Pens.com, to help him linkbait his contest. They make promotional pens.
If you were as forthcoming and aggressive with what you had to sell, you’d probably sell more, right? Get out there and sell your ideas, your writing, your paintings, what have you.
John’s going to get a TON of links into his blog and a lot of PR, all because he was shameless. And I’ll be honest, all I really want out of this is a Nintendo Wii. So yes, I am just as shameless as he. I feel dirty.
To make myself feel better, I’ll also link to the blog I found out about this from, Freelance Writing Jobs.
Here’s a short film I just made for Steven Spielberg’s reality show, On the Lot. I submitted it awhile ago and heard nothing from them. Finally they got back to me and told me it was in the wrong format.
I was hoping you could all go there, vote for me and propel me to stardom and fame. Until then, you can say you knew me when.
Even though I didn’t make the show, which was my whole motivation for making the film, I still learned a lot. I learned to pay more attention to audio. I learned that having up-to-date equipment is not a luxury, but a necessity for making the exporting process easy.
Even if you try something and don’t make your goal, learn as much as you can from it and do it better next time. Work on projects that make you happy and make you better. Even if you’re not a star, you’ll have your happiness and a career that shows a continuous body of improvement, something that a lot of people can’t say.
Enjoy the film.
The Average Idea has won Blog of the Day. Fantastique! Good to know the help that’s been posted here resonates with people.