Greetings and salutations, blogosphere! All my tweeple have blogs, and I’m jealous, so I’m starting one too. That said, I will try to make this more than an exercise in self-indulgence.
About me: I’m writing my first novel. Yes, my very first, what’s usually considered one’s “practice” novel. And in my mind, it’s the first in a series. So, um, we’ll see how that goes. If I need to set it aside and work on something else for a while in order to make all my worst first-time author mistakes in a different place, I will. Maybe some short stories with related characters?
Not that I haven’t written anything before. I have: poetry, plays, essays, articles. Just no novels. And as all of you authorly folk know, writing (of any kind) is hard work if you want to do it well. And I am also a perfectionist, so I definitely want to do it well.
Which means this process may take longer than I’d hoped. Right now I’m a little stuck and am figuring out why and the best way(s) to get unstuck. However, I will do whatever I have to do, and I will finish.
I’ve met lots of cool writerly tweeps on Twitter in the last several weeks, and learned about so many books and series and authors I want to explore that my TBR pile is growing quite unwieldy.
Oh, what do I write? Silly me, I haven’t mentioned that yet. Okay, this book/series is urban fantasy/paranormal romance, and so far a lot of fun, except for the getting stuck part.
I read pretty much every kind of romance, and also mysteries, thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy, and nonfiction. So the book is a little bit of a hybrid; it has some touches of sci-fi and mystery/thriller as well as its primary generic characteristics. Some of that may change in the revision phase; we’ll see.
I need some good beta readers, so if any fans of urban fantasy and/or paranormal romance want to get in touch, I’d love to hear from you.
I’m watching with fascination the upheaval taking place in the publishing industry, with digital and self-publishing rapidly changing the way things are done. I’ll probably post about those issues, as well as book reviews, other writing-related topics, and other random things that strike my fancy.
Thanks for reading, and welcome.
