This week marked the end of the writing class I was taking to help get me back in the habit of writing. So far, it’s still working. I’m writing regularly, if not every day at least several days a week. The class reminded me to recognize that writing is a major part of the picture, and that the rest of the picture is not complete without it. But the same goes for the other pieces, taking care of myself and nurturing the creative process for it’s own sake. It’s not always easy to make time for everything. You can’t just follow whims and count on them carrying you. You have to make a conscious effort.
This week I wrote a few more pages on my novel in progress and found myself researching wheat farming, because the story takes place mostly on a wheat farm. I found it oddly fascinating, and I don’t know if any details will fall into the storyline, but the option is there to authenticate the experience if the need arises. I also wrote a promotional blurb for the current novel No Sensible People and created Promo Index Cards to scatter around town. They include basic information on how to find the book and the blurb. Once again it is low budget, but they still look pretty good and they’ll serve their purpose. I’m still waiting for my ISBN to be validated by the rest of the book distribution world including Amazon, but I did get an excellent review of my first chapter preview, and will have reviews available on the whole book most likely in the next couple weeks. It won’t be too long before the book will be available at least in regular online bookstores, but in the meantime it is on Lulu and you’re all welcome to buy it over there. Hopefully, I will be able to get a few good blurbs out of those to put on the backside of my promo cards.
In the midst of laying all this groundwork for my inevitable fame and fortune, the new school year looms. My son, as it turns out, is on Plan B., staying home this year and going to the local community college part time, and God willing, working soon. My daughter is in 10th grade and is loaded up on honors courses. Once school starts normal redefines itself again, as it will more than likely keep doing just about every day it’s in session.
Next week I plan to just take things one step at a time. Get in a couple solid blocks of writing time. Float around the ‘Net, make my presence known. Finish up my press release, which will include “the blurb.” Write something silly about me and my celebrity astrological twin, Malcolm Jamal Warner. We turn thirty eight on Monday. Happy birthday, Malcolm.
