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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Jon Black I'm 43. I've wanted to write fiction since my mid-20s. But I was always intimidated and felt breaking into fiction writing necessitated some kind of e…moreI'm 43. I've wanted to write fiction since my mid-20s. But I was always intimidated and felt breaking into fiction writing necessitated some kind of elaborate secret-ninja-plan. In the spring of 2016, I decided to just start writing and submitting. And I was very blessed to experience success early on. Now, I'm wondering where I would be if I had just started writing and submitting in my twenties.

So, my advice for anyone, whether you're 18 or 80, is don't be an "aspiring writer." Just write.(less)

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Jon Black Unfortunately, I usually get my inspiration to write while in bed trying to fall asleep ... much to the detriment of my sleep schedule, my wife, and m…moreUnfortunately, I usually get my inspiration to write while in bed trying to fall asleep ... much to the detriment of my sleep schedule, my wife, and my cats.

For a more traditional answer, reading, music, and roleplaying games are good raw material for writing. Not, typically, directly ... but occasionally a passage, a turn of phrase, an image, or even a mood will trigger inspiration.(less)

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Average rating: 4.45 · 115 ratings · 25 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Bel Nemeton 4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Descansos: Words from the Wayside by Susannah Carlson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jon Black (Goodreads Author), D. Dina Friedman (Goodreads Author) 4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Avalon by Nicole Petit (Editor), Leigh Ann Cowan, Amy Wolf (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chromatic Court by Pete Rawlik (Editor), Christine Morgan, Joseph S. Pulver Sr. (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gabriel's Trumpet 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bel Nemeton: Caledfwlch 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Étincelle Bitcoin: 21 façons de transformer le monde it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jon Black Dry Ground : Songs- You Are Not Alone; Payer for December; Craxy; Dry Ground; New Day; Hobart; Flow; Midnight; Mickey's Shoes (2001 Music CD) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	POO-PA-PEE-DOO: Big Trouble 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Descansos Now Available

"I want readers to be able to hear the guitar, to smell the sawdust and smoke of the honkytonks." -- Jon Black

Descansos, the new anthology from Darkhouse Books featuring my short story “So Lonesome I Could Die” is now available on Amazon.

A collection of both short stories and poetry,
as of July 8th, "Descansos" was Amazon's #1 new poetry anthology.

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