Feel Free to Ignore 7.14.16
I feel so inspired to write after reading Maeve Binchy's works like Light a Penny Candle, Circle of Friends and Echoes. I don't feel like I imitate her. I just get into the rhythm of writing somehow. I don't like all of her stuff, though. Some of it seems like it might've been rescued from the 'discarded works pile' and published, just because it was something she had attempted earlier and now it was seen as a potential money maker with her name/brand on it. Especially her short story compilations have been disappointing to me. I might re-read the Glass Lake next.
Some of my old habits as a writer are coming back - the things that drove me away in the first place. The desire to critique and be critiqued; the suspicious attitude I have towards authors engaged in review wars with each other, the avoidance of certain topics such as online bullying by author forums I used to respect. Most of all, my habit of reading what other authors are doing, but not doing any of those things myself. Laziness, and pretending to be a writer when I am really living vicariously through others. THIS MUST STOP.
I don't want to get discouraged again. I'm trying to develop new habits: completing my work before asking for criticism, so that at least I get it finished, for once. Not reading so much into the dark underbelly of the writing world. Trusting others more to be honest with their true opinions on scandals such as the buying-fake-reviews debacle.
I found a picture of a person that I think would work great as Jerry Hotchkiss today, online. It is of a guy with numerous tattoos and no shirt on. He has this twinkle in his eye, and appears to be quite evil. I really like this pic, so I downloaded it, but I don't want my children to see it pop up on our computers so I stored it at Google Drive. Hope nobody discovers it and thinks this is actually someone that I know personally.
I am trying to think of what my character, wayward poor-little-rich-girl, Tomasina Kelly, should do next. I think she will hire a private detective to follow Jerry Hotchkiss to Florida.
ok off to make lunch,
Heather
Some of my old habits as a writer are coming back - the things that drove me away in the first place. The desire to critique and be critiqued; the suspicious attitude I have towards authors engaged in review wars with each other, the avoidance of certain topics such as online bullying by author forums I used to respect. Most of all, my habit of reading what other authors are doing, but not doing any of those things myself. Laziness, and pretending to be a writer when I am really living vicariously through others. THIS MUST STOP.
I don't want to get discouraged again. I'm trying to develop new habits: completing my work before asking for criticism, so that at least I get it finished, for once. Not reading so much into the dark underbelly of the writing world. Trusting others more to be honest with their true opinions on scandals such as the buying-fake-reviews debacle.
I found a picture of a person that I think would work great as Jerry Hotchkiss today, online. It is of a guy with numerous tattoos and no shirt on. He has this twinkle in his eye, and appears to be quite evil. I really like this pic, so I downloaded it, but I don't want my children to see it pop up on our computers so I stored it at Google Drive. Hope nobody discovers it and thinks this is actually someone that I know personally.
I am trying to think of what my character, wayward poor-little-rich-girl, Tomasina Kelly, should do next. I think she will hire a private detective to follow Jerry Hotchkiss to Florida.
ok off to make lunch,
Heather
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