Dispelling the Mysticism

So, today I went to my local library (http://www.fountaindale.org/) for their Local Author Faire.  I learned a lot about the reality of writing and authorship today along with meeting a lot of awesome people (see below).

The first thing that I learned (or re-learned or actualized or whatever adjective you want to use to describe understanding) is that authors are people.  Like you're a person and I'm a person... they're a person.  Whether they've sold ten books or ten thousand.  Whether they've written one book or one-hundred.  Whether they're self or commercially published.  They're people.  They have likes, dislikes, issues and whatnot like the rest of us. The awesome thing is that we have something in common.  We all, on some level or another, enjoy to read or write.

I'm not really what you would call a shy person <insert snark here> and so going to something like this was pretty awesome for me, because I got to talk to people, writers and authors, who were at some point in their career (a career that I envision myself moving further along in) and discussing their journey.

What they can do, what they have done (and are planning to do again), I can do, and if it's your passion, so can you.

So, that said, there's no mystical "thing" about being an author or a writer.  There's no hidden secret that will get you somewhere that others haven't gone.  It's just about being a person and having a story to tell.  So, what are YOU waiting for?  Go tell YOUR story!

Thanks for reading and thanks for your support!

~Stephan

Back in the Saddle...

What-ho and all that!

Alright, even though there is nothing equine or even remotely related to saddles in this post, I felt it an appropriate title given that it's been nigh upon a month since my last post.

What have I been doing, you ask?  Good Question, I say!

Well, I took a small vacation both from writing and the internet.  Then I started doing research into agents and publishers.  Now, now I am beginning revisions.  What is a 171 page document (Courier New 10 pt font, manuscript style, from what little I know of it) is now slightly revised... er... well, the first six pages are anyway.

The process is slow going, but I'll get there.  I'm very proud of it and glad to be back working on it.  This is the first time I've done anything on this scale and I'm very happy to have a supportive family and friends.

So, now that things are rolling again, you'll probably see a blog post or two a week, though not on the level like you saw while I was writing 10K words a week (an hour or two a day, on top of keeping up the house, raising a family and maintaining a general sense of calm).   Don't worry though, you'll see that again when I start the next book project (horror this time, I believe).

As always, thanks for reading and thanks for your support!  Both are greatly appreciated as I delve into new and unknown territory.

Toodlepip!

~Stephan