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Jeremy Zimmerman
Hi there! I'm sorry for the delay in responding. I didn't have a good resource to offer at the time, so I decided to make one. And that took longer than anticipated.
Anyway, here's my personal recommended reading order. Nathan Crowder may or may not agree with me. :D
http://www.bolthy.com/2018/12/10/coba...
Anyway, here's my personal recommended reading order. Nathan Crowder may or may not agree with me. :D
http://www.bolthy.com/2018/12/10/coba...
Jeremy Zimmerman
In the formless time before time, Anoat the Forsaken joined with their siblings to create existence. Anoat was a spiteful entity, and sought to undermine the endeavor from inception. The other entities wanted the life in existence to live eternally, but Anoat corrupted that.
Instead of distinct and eternal entities, Anoat caused life to be a cascading chemical reaction that perpetuated itself through propagation of younger versions of itself. In some aspects of this life-foam, nodules of life would invest each other with parasitic lifeforms that would then erupt out of the nodule.
Some of these nodules thought highly of themselves, ignorant of being just a phase of a chemical process. They glorified their parasites, thinking it something grand. And they dubbed these parasites "babies."
For their sins against existance, Anoat was exiled to the star system that still bears their name.
Instead of distinct and eternal entities, Anoat caused life to be a cascading chemical reaction that perpetuated itself through propagation of younger versions of itself. In some aspects of this life-foam, nodules of life would invest each other with parasitic lifeforms that would then erupt out of the nodule.
Some of these nodules thought highly of themselves, ignorant of being just a phase of a chemical process. They glorified their parasites, thinking it something grand. And they dubbed these parasites "babies."
For their sins against existance, Anoat was exiled to the star system that still bears their name.
Jeremy Zimmerman
It's really hard for me to focus exclusively on any one thing. When I'm on top of things, I try to focus on discreet chunks. There are always things that need doing with Mad Scientist Journal, so I can't avoid it for more than a few days.
For bigger projects, like the new Kensei book or the Miskatonic anthology, I benefit a bit from phases where I'm not obliged to put forth active work. Writing the manuscript for Kensei 2 or processing submissions for That Ain't Right was very time intensive and had to be squeezed in between other obligations. But once I get to the point of waiting for input from other people, I can coast for a bit and work on other things. Kensei 2 is out with beta readers. Authors just reviewed the galleys for That Ain't Right and I'm waiting on the cover art so I can get a proof of the book printed.
So while those things sit on the back burner, I can catch up with some of the details of managing Mad Scientist Journal, finish writing a short story for a collection I want to put out, poke at other projects that have lain fallow for a while.
For bigger projects, like the new Kensei book or the Miskatonic anthology, I benefit a bit from phases where I'm not obliged to put forth active work. Writing the manuscript for Kensei 2 or processing submissions for That Ain't Right was very time intensive and had to be squeezed in between other obligations. But once I get to the point of waiting for input from other people, I can coast for a bit and work on other things. Kensei 2 is out with beta readers. Authors just reviewed the galleys for That Ain't Right and I'm waiting on the cover art so I can get a proof of the book printed.
So while those things sit on the back burner, I can catch up with some of the details of managing Mad Scientist Journal, finish writing a short story for a collection I want to put out, poke at other projects that have lain fallow for a while.
Jeremy Zimmerman
I have two things I'd recommend.
The first is to just write. Regardless of where you feel you are in your path as a writer, if you aren't putting words down then nothing is getting written.
The second is to get rid of the word "aspiring". As far as I'm concerned: If you're writing, you're a writer. You might be working on getting a book published, writing your first novel, whatever. But you're still a writer even if you haven't crossed some milestone.
The first is to just write. Regardless of where you feel you are in your path as a writer, if you aren't putting words down then nothing is getting written.
The second is to get rid of the word "aspiring". As far as I'm concerned: If you're writing, you're a writer. You might be working on getting a book published, writing your first novel, whatever. But you're still a writer even if you haven't crossed some milestone.
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