Beginnings have always been a struggle for me, whether they're in writing or in life I tend to have a hard time deciding how to begin when I already know how I want it to end. Each book or novella I've written (or plan on writing) I've started it knowing exactly how it was going to end...and struggled endlessly with how to begin in. FOCAL POINT had at least six different first chapters before I finally had the perfect one, my novella took at least a year to even come up with how to introduce the character's I had been getting to know for years before.
Given these struggles I really had no idea how to begin this blog, but it's something I've wanted to do for a few months. Like I said, I have a very hard time keeping good things to myself and writing is one of the best things in my life. So here it goes, I'll do my best to share what I've been working on (while avoiding spoilers) as well as news about up coming books and the musings and fears I have as I embark on this journey. While all writing, whether a blog, a book, or an article, gives insight into the author and their life in one way or another, I hope that this insight will be a little less veiled and maybe generate a little more hope into another writer.
The other reason this is so hard is because I'm not terribly used to talking about myself or about being the center of attention, thanks to my oldest brother being happy to take it at every point in my childhood. (I can say that because it's highly doubtful he'll ever read this.) As I'm finding out talking about yourself comes with the publishing territory, especially when you're doing it alone, so I'm working on getting better about it.
So that's my beginning...short, honest and raw probably like the rest of my posts will be...but then again, I have been told that keeping my writing concise isn't in my repertoire.
Happy Reading.