Current book is still The Trials of Apollo: The Tower of Nero. I’m halfway through and I’ve had an interesting insight about myself I’ll share next week.
I’m beginning to think I should change the name of this section from “For the Love of Books” to “Dark Secrets of an Avid Reader”.
This week’s dark secret? As an avid reader, a part of me always thinks I could write a book. Over the years I have started a few possible stories and jotted down a few notes, but I’ve never given it a real try.
I find that when I attempt write, I don’t have patience for some of the filler involved in setting the scene (probably because I’ve read some authors who can beat the concept of scene setting to death). I’m a “let’s get straight to the point, who cares about the house the protagonist lives in or what the town she/he is from” kind of person. Even when I read, I tend to skim through this part in an effort to get to the meat of the story. I think I’m a little, for lack of a better word, clinical when I sit down to write – what’s the problem, who’s going to solve it and how? Makes for a very short story, 😆😆😆.
But I think the bigger road blocks I face when writing is probably the same for many others – confidence that I can tell a good story and how to come up with an original idea, particularly one that doesn’t have to have a relationship sub-story. This reasoning has most likely stopped me in my tracks many times. It’s so much easier to convince yourself you can’t do something than to actually believe in the possibility you can.
I do think that blogging has opened up the possibilities for me to overcome my self-imposed challenges.
So maybe 2021, is the time to dust off my notes, put pen to paper and create worlds that people might want to read. And if I don’t succeed, I know that I gave it my best efforts.
NOTE: I had an acquaintance say she didn’t understand how anyone would pay someone to blog (or be a social media influencer) because it didn’t take much effort. Having worked to blog on a consistent basis, I can assure you it is not as easy as it looks.
If you’re looking for some new to pick up in January, check out Barnes and Noble list of most anticipated books for January 2021 (not a complete list of new releases, FYI). https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/our-most-anticipated-new-book-releases-of-january-2021/
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