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God first.
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We don't always make our timelines for certain things. But even those who walk will make it to the finish line.
Just do the thing the best you can and be patient about the result.
Resolve is never too far away.
It sucks that I postponed my book launch, but no way it would be ready for June 12th but it's close. I'd rather make it the best I can than rush the book out.
Always take your time and never rush to churn out novels that aren't at the needed quality!
Hey writing community. There are SO many scammers out there. Please make sure you check location of users and you'll be able to find most.
Be careful and absolutely NEVER send your manuscript to someone random on X!
โMy author friend Bob publishes less than once a year, reads and reviews fewer than 30 books in that time, doesnโt post enough on social media, doesnโt do enough livestreams or in-person author eventsโฆ So lazy.โ โ Steve
Such baffling arrogance.
Tend your own field and let people live their lives.
You have no idea what Bob may be facing in private or what hard work he may be doing behind the scenes that is different from your chosen path (and less visible).
Iโve intentionally moved away from author spheres that spend their time judging others like this. The constant negativity and gossip disguised as professional โstudy/criticismโ is so draining. Ironically, youโll be far more productive without it (and feel better while youโre at it, too).
And, as the carpenter said:
โJudge not, or you too shall be judged.โ
He meant you, Steve.
I am once again begging folks to understand the difference between โI donโt like thisโ and โNobody likes thisโ.
You are not the main character of the world. Readers and authors have different tastes. You are not the arbiter of what authors should and should not put into books.
If a writer is an alchemist, then he or she must shape experiences of the human condition into something that surpasses the original state, turning it into something that resonates with its new form. A form that shines new light from the raw materials.
#writing#writers
#storytelling
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I love learning cool new words to use in fiction.
Locution has both a secular and faith-based definition, but it isn't a common word.
The only question is a simple one.
What do I do with it in my current hybrid duology project?
Doing further rewrites to marry a novel to a second POV in another book is prime territory for deploying such a word.
It seems like a great concept to use between the two books as well.
I get ideas from the weirdest places sometimes. But sometimes waiting also brings better things.
These books will be out around September and I think this locution idea has potential to make them better. Better explanations for the mythology behind the past and present in each book.
Inspiration strikes at the right time, so listen for that muse-like locution from the artistic ether.
New words, new ideas, and new methods.
The right path feels the most correct in your life. The one you can't stop thinking about. The one you keep coming back to.
It comes together effortlessly with as much effort as you put into it.
The cosmos never cease to amaze me. This nebula would be a grayish smudge from down here with the unaided eye, but it is one of my favorite objects to look at during the winter months.
As someone in the creative sphere myself, I'm not a fan of generative AI.
But which is it?
Is it too good for someone to do?
Or is it so bad that it must have been an algorithm?
Both can't be true. In fact, neither is true most times.
The barometer for these things is our human creativity, or lack thereof.
I'm trying a duology project where the novels complement each other.
It should be an interesting experiment.
The release is this fall.
I'm also changing distribution over the next three months.
The headaches we go through for our inner glory....
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ,
๐๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด.
๐๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ,
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ.
โ๐๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ,
๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ,
"๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ"
I'm a fan of epigraphs and flavor text that sprinkle in lore. In the Orchestrylus Odyssey series, each chapter closes with song lyrics from the world to build the musical theme.
This offers the challenge of making lyrics tens of times over, but I'm okay with that if it builds out the world.