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Hey everyone!
I missed posting last Friday, but today I’m warming up for a big day of writing by putting this brief post online.
Writing has been okay these past two weeks. I always want to go faster, and I’ve been feeling that lately.
Overall, though, life is pretty good.
So, today I’m planning to swing for the fences. For me, this means a goal of 5000 words. Should be doable, if a little difficult.
That’s it for now. Have a good day.
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This week, Rob and I review a game session I ran in-person a few weeks ago for him and a few other friends.
I made some mistakes, to say the least.
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This week on Alive After Reading, a conversation with Tim Marquitz, author of the Demon Squad Series as well as many other books available all around the web.
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Hey everyone, Tim here.
Rob and I recorded an episode of the podcast this week, but due to some technical problems, we didn’t think it was quality enough to share it with the public.
We’re working on sound quality. Hopefully, we’ll be able to release again next week.
Thanks for your understanding.
And, as always, thanks for listening.
As the title suggests, there will be no new episode of Alive After Reading on Sunday, as a result of poor scheduling and technical issues on my part.
Hope you’re all well, and talk to you next week.
Let me explain the title of this post for starters.
I’ve been kicking around a nonfiction idea for writers, I think of as the seven deadly sins of writers. Greed, sloth, etc, as they apply to writers. As I consider this book (Along with my many and varied fiction projects), I realized one of these sins stands out the most to me as it applies to writers.
I think envy is my greatest challenge at the moment (With sloth/indolence being a close second).
Lately, I look at the success of others, and though I think I’m managing the envy well compared to how I’d deal with it in the past, you could say I’m a bit nervous of how long I can maintain a good attitude about my feelings.
There are lots of independent authors who do very well. I’m working to become one of them, as I’m sure many of you know. The only way to get there is to work more. That’s where sloth arrives to join forces with envy. I’m less skilled at dealing with envy of other peoples’ attitude or work ethic, and that’s what I find gets to me these days. It’s not about the money, it’s about the process. If I felt freer, I would be on my way in no time.
Of that, I feel certain. But never mind the negativity.
I have more words to do today. Just wanted to check in with you readers first. I’m still working on the sequel to The Mangrove Suite. It’s going pretty well right now, though it could always be better.
No excerpt this week. Would be too spoilery given the subject matter of the recent chapters.
As game masters, we often help players build their characters. That is the subject of this week’s episode.
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This week, on Alive After Reading, I have a conversation with, Kimi Alexandre, author of Guardians: Awakened.
Both Kimi and I suffer from depression at times, and this conversation is mostly about the writing process. How do we get words down on the page? How do we keep going, in spite of our problems? Listen to find out, and thanks for all the downloads.
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Hey, everyone.
Let me just dust off this old blog here.
Whew.
By god, it has been a while.
First off, I want to say thanks to everyone who read and enjoyed the serials Tenlyres, Stolen Parts, and Invisibles. Those are going to be on hiatus for the time being, to give me more time to write other fiction. I love writing stories, but right now I don’t have the ability to split my focus and construct fiction for sale and fiction for this blog simultaneously.
Next up, there are only a couple days left before October, at which point I will be ending my giveaways on instafreebie.com. If you want to get Rem’s Dream for free, head over there using this link before the first of the new month.
Now, a quick update on my writing process.
I picked up the writing pace on Sunday, and maintained a pretty solid rate (for me) through the week. All these words either went to notes in the “Clean” universe, where my latest release is set. This is a pretty unusual genepunk/cyberpunk setting which also features an alien occupation of the Earth in the near future.
I decided on Sunday, after a solid day of writing on the second book in the series, that I want to keep this setting alive for a good long while. I don’t want to be bound to one story-world for my whole career, but I think I can commit to this one for a while. Along those lines, I started brainstorming some new spin-off story ideas on Tuesday, for use once I get some more released in the main series.
It’s also worth noting that I have begun a consistency challenge to write at least 100 words every day for 100 days. Lately, I haven’t always been consistent, and this has hurt my momentum on the stories I’ve been producing. I started this challenge on Sunday, so I’m now on Day 6 of the challenge, as of this writing.
Anyway, I’m pretty happy with my progress. I’m sharing a brief sample from the week’s writing below. It’s good to be back and talking as myself. Feel free to leave a comment, or click on the sidebar at mentalcellarpublications.com and check out any of my books. Thanks for reading everyone.
Weekly Writing Excerpt (Rough Draft)
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He nodded. “It felt good to help. To be one of the good guys again.”
“Is that how you felt when you served?” Elizabeth’s voice was soft. “Like a good person?”
I remembered how she once told me her father had been in the military. Elizabeth rarely discussed her family, and I could tell at the time she and her father were not on good terms. She looked down at her plate with a sigh.
Thomas glanced at me. I unfolded my arms. The silence seemed absolute despite the other residents eating at neighboring places all around our table.
I said, “Don’t rush into anything, Thomas. It’ll be dangerous out there.” Outside the window, snowflakes started to scatter from low, gray clouds.
Thomas gave me a small smile. “I promise, I’ll tell you first if I decide to do something crazy.”
We’ve talked a little about rules on Of Mooks and Monsters from time to time. But what about situations outside of the rules, and events that defy mechanics altogether?
This week, Rob and Tim explore where the mechanics end.
We hope you enjoy our conversation!
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