What am I doing?
Don't know really.
I went to the Farringdon Arts Festival on Sunday. Spent a very entertaining hour with Jasper Fforde, and about a dozen other fans of his writing, in a rather warm saloon bar. The man is a natural wit (without being cheesy), self-effacing, and generously commodious, with a willing attitude towards his public - just a nice guy really.
So why did I tell all that? Well, being inquisitive of how the creative process works for other writers, I asked Jasper a few questions about his inspiration, and how it goes with him. I was pretty gob-smacked when he let on that he has no trouble in working on three different projects at once!
OK, here they come... the real questions... am I fooling myself? Do I really write well enough to be moderately, even marginally, successful? Goodness knows, my punctuation sucks, but that's not a great worry, no the worry is whether that Spark is there. Jasper has it for sure!
I suppose that, because of the failure to secure an agent, or publisher, in these past two years, I have been despondent about it. The upshot is that I've shied away from making progress on "Battle For Midgard" - sort of, 'what's the use if no one's interested'. I still know what the story should be, and indeed have ideas for DP4, but I'm finding it easier to read than to write just now. I'm not looking for fame - too much effort and attention that - I just want to be able to earn enough to keep going, given that I'm stuck with my current circumstances. Is that so much to ask I wonder?
I went to the Farringdon Arts Festival on Sunday. Spent a very entertaining hour with Jasper Fforde, and about a dozen other fans of his writing, in a rather warm saloon bar. The man is a natural wit (without being cheesy), self-effacing, and generously commodious, with a willing attitude towards his public - just a nice guy really.
So why did I tell all that? Well, being inquisitive of how the creative process works for other writers, I asked Jasper a few questions about his inspiration, and how it goes with him. I was pretty gob-smacked when he let on that he has no trouble in working on three different projects at once!
OK, here they come... the real questions... am I fooling myself? Do I really write well enough to be moderately, even marginally, successful? Goodness knows, my punctuation sucks, but that's not a great worry, no the worry is whether that Spark is there. Jasper has it for sure!
I suppose that, because of the failure to secure an agent, or publisher, in these past two years, I have been despondent about it. The upshot is that I've shied away from making progress on "Battle For Midgard" - sort of, 'what's the use if no one's interested'. I still know what the story should be, and indeed have ideas for DP4, but I'm finding it easier to read than to write just now. I'm not looking for fame - too much effort and attention that - I just want to be able to earn enough to keep going, given that I'm stuck with my current circumstances. Is that so much to ask I wonder?