I write for a living. I spend eight hours a day, Monday through Friday, sitting at a desk writing. I write business requirements, use cases, test cases, and technical documentation. It is a rare occasion that I finish my day feeling like a writer, however. No sense of euphoria or completeness, as though I’d found [...]
Feeling like a writer
Filed under Writing Journal on June 16, 2009
Tagged: fantasy fiction, writing
Writing fantasy fiction in a recession
Filed under Market Report on February 17, 2009
Tagged: book sales, fantasy fiction, recession, writing
Is an economic recession a bad time to enter the world of writing? Alex Moore asked this great question in her comment to my reaction to a shrinking market. Intrigued, I decided to do a little research. Are books recession-proof? Conventional wisdom suggests that the entertainment-value-to-cost ratio of a book makes it an attractive buy [...]
Why I write fantasy fiction
Filed under Writing Journal on June 3, 2008
Tagged: Eternal Warlords, fantasy fiction, Relvan's Rescue, Shattered Amulet, webcomics, writing
It’s important, from time to time, to stop and do a self-assessment of the direction your life is taking: personally, professionally, spiritually. Are you investing your resources in the areas that you really want to? Are you making progress toward the goals you set six months ago? A year ago? Five years ago? The past [...]
