Gary Henson's Blog - Posts Tagged "writing"
Writing is a serious business
I'm in the last few thousand words of 'Arlo and Jake Lost Partner', the third installment of the series. Whew, it's bloody hard! ;-)
Imagine herding cats, uphill, in the snow, blindfolded with one arm and one leg tied behind your back. Oh, and you don't know where the sink holes are up ahead. Yeah, that pretty much gives you a feeling for it.
But, 'yes', I still truly enjoy writing. In fact my list of 'To Be Written' outlines is constantly growing! I must have 50 or 60 serious contenders for full length and short stories, all waving their tiny little hands up, crying 'pick me next', 'no, you freak, he's gonna pick me!'. Very distracting.
I can write. I'm not and never will be a main stream author. That's fine, no problem with that. When I write, that small boy inside me gets that silly grin on his face like he's eating the ice cream cone of the summer. It's incredibly rewarding.
I'm not so good at marketing. I'm trying! I'm getting more active on GR, twitter, Amazon. If I learn of a new way to get my books in front of new readers, I try it, with zeal!
I other news, I'm meeting some awesome new readers and writers here on GR. Just read 'The Fence' by Pete Carter. Check out my review. Action, action, action. Get it!
As soon as I kick Arlo #3 out the door, I'm off to rewrite Genome and start on a sequel! Wish me luck!
Imagine herding cats, uphill, in the snow, blindfolded with one arm and one leg tied behind your back. Oh, and you don't know where the sink holes are up ahead. Yeah, that pretty much gives you a feeling for it.
But, 'yes', I still truly enjoy writing. In fact my list of 'To Be Written' outlines is constantly growing! I must have 50 or 60 serious contenders for full length and short stories, all waving their tiny little hands up, crying 'pick me next', 'no, you freak, he's gonna pick me!'. Very distracting.
I can write. I'm not and never will be a main stream author. That's fine, no problem with that. When I write, that small boy inside me gets that silly grin on his face like he's eating the ice cream cone of the summer. It's incredibly rewarding.
I'm not so good at marketing. I'm trying! I'm getting more active on GR, twitter, Amazon. If I learn of a new way to get my books in front of new readers, I try it, with zeal!
I other news, I'm meeting some awesome new readers and writers here on GR. Just read 'The Fence' by Pete Carter. Check out my review. Action, action, action. Get it!
As soon as I kick Arlo #3 out the door, I'm off to rewrite Genome and start on a sequel! Wish me luck!
