The importance of liking what you do
I've spent the past few months devoted to writing or on writerly pursuits. Well, and vacationing. That part was super nice. :)
In that time I also finished my first "novel" (barely 36k words, all "plot" and was immediately trunked) and self-published my first short story (also written during my LJ absence). No I won't link or pimp it here, sufficed to say I've sold 7 in less than two weeks, a number I'm happy with. :) I also have more coming out but as this is a genre I sort of fell into (ghosts of fanfic past) I'd like to keep the pen name private.
So far, I've been doing good. Life-wise, that is. :) Dude is talking marriage and honeymoons (without even proposing yet - silly Dude *g*), I enjoyed a wonderful family vacation last month, I have a personal business starting (self-pubbing) that I hope will take off (but don't expect it overnight), I have a Dude I adore (who's currently in Hawaii on his own family vacation; he thinks we need to honeymoon there)...
Life is good. ;-)
In that time I also finished my first "novel" (barely 36k words, all "plot" and was immediately trunked) and self-published my first short story (also written during my LJ absence). No I won't link or pimp it here, sufficed to say I've sold 7 in less than two weeks, a number I'm happy with. :) I also have more coming out but as this is a genre I sort of fell into (ghosts of fanfic past) I'd like to keep the pen name private.
So far, I've been doing good. Life-wise, that is. :) Dude is talking marriage and honeymoons (without even proposing yet - silly Dude *g*), I enjoyed a wonderful family vacation last month, I have a personal business starting (self-pubbing) that I hope will take off (but don't expect it overnight), I have a Dude I adore (who's currently in Hawaii on his own family vacation; he thinks we need to honeymoon there)...
Life is good. ;-)