WRITING VENTURE
I subscribe to both of the biggest writing magazines – The Writer and Writer’s Digest and I’ve read that when writing a book, you don’t necessarily have to start from the beginning to the end. If you have a spark of an idea that gets you started in the middle, then take the chance and write away!
I tried that and ideas came. I wrote spurts of events from different parts of the book but now I am at a stand still and can’t wrap my head around competing the rest of the book. Therefore, I’m going to back to the beginning where I have one of my inserts and go from there. I can see that somewhere down the line, I will write some exerts of my story but ultimately I will switch back to writing from beginning to end.
I like genre writing – paranormal, romance, science fiction and contemporary. I wish I had the confidence to have started my writing when I was younger because I probably would have been published by now. I was a closet writer, keeping my work to myself and afraid of submitting it to anyone, but I realize that I want my voice to be heard and I hope my readers will like my work.
I started my public writing on the internet by writing volunteer for several websites so I could get used to deadlines and learning about the publishing industry from the online standpoint. After spending a lot of time writing for other people on websites that didn’t end up lasting for long, in 2006, I started my own website and had a few writers volunteer writing for me – Femme VIP (www.femmevip.com). It’s still running and I have just over 100 subscribers to the site and just over 200 readers at any given moment.
From there, I went on to write two blogs, this one and Within the fine Print and as you know, I’m writing a book as well. I also have a twitter account, which I post on a daily basis some tidbit of information I think people should know about. It’s easy when you have a blackberry as I can tweet on the go.
It’s difficult to keep writing since I also have other projects on the go that I need for financial support besides my full time job.
I hope to be successful in the publishing industry, if I stick to it and I hope people like what I read and take something with them.
PASSION FOR WRITING
Passion, in any profession, drives you to be good, to want to do better, gives you a feeling of accomplishment and makes you feel good about yourself.
I have a passion for writing but I have allowed myself to be distracted with the routines of life instead of having my passion drive me.
Ideas and storylines flow through me and disturb my sleep and although I smile when think of what my characters can get themselves into, I am not quick to put pen to paper when I get home.
It’s been a busy summer for me and I hope to get back on track with my writing and see where I am in the next 12 months from now.
My writing venture consists of two bogs – whimnotes and Within the fine Print and I am in the middle of writing a book for Elora’s Cave Hunters for Hire series.
Reference Material
When I heard that you should keep a set of references to aid in your writing, I thought that since I was on my way to completing my diploma that there was no need of having any extra references. Since then, I learned that having as many reference material as you can goes a long way in helping you. With my writing magazines, which hold updated material on a month to month basis, the help of online resources are also a great advantage.
A Writer’s Kit was something that I learned about. In this kit, you should have what it takes to make you feel prepared to write. Besides the notebook you carry around with you for stray ideas, your trusty pen, your computer or netbook, and among other tools of the writing trade, there was also talk of reference books.
I call the small library in my room my writing shelf since it holds many books from my dictionary, my thesaurus and style books to my books on science fiction and fantasy world creations, medieval worlds and terminology. It started to become a “thing” with me as I collected these books. It became fun to see what types of books I could get my hands on.
I have a vampire and monster encyclopedia, books on witchcraft and even books on dreams, the tarot and psychology books on how the mind works. You never know what kind of material you’re going to need in your writing, especially when your genre of choice is science fiction, fantasy and paranormal romance.
In the act of writing, you find out more about yourself and it opens up worlds you never thought you were interested in pursuing before.
Stock up on reference material, I say. It holds a storehouse of information and it broadens the mind.
JC
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