So here we are. I always find it hard when beginning any writing venture for public consumption on the best ways to start. Starting is a problem for many writers as it means one of two things, sometimes equally horrible. You either start something and quit, the specter of writer's block scrapping another project, or you start something and you keep writing it, get past any notions of writer's block and have to think to yourself, "Well, what now?"
I'm more or less in that second camp. I'm sitting at 205 pages with an eye toward another hundred or so. It's exciting, being able to create something you enjoy. I've got no illusions of grander about what it is. It's a relatively simple fantasy story that appeals to the young adult set, but really, it's for anyone who wants to read it.
It's not the first time I've written a novel. Back in 2006 I completed a pirate novel that, while I was proud of it, was definitely written by a first-timer. The problem with being a first-time author is you become enamored with the world and the characters and when it comes time to slaughter them in the editing process I found I couldn't do it. This time around is different. I still like what I'm writing, but even as I'm writing it I imagine what I can do to make it even better. That's good stuff.
This blog is basically a warm-up exercise/recording of that process and other stuff that tickles my fancy. It will eventually turn into a record of the selling and/or making an ebook process. Won't that be exciting? (It might not.)
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