Sounds a lot like me. It's taken me about ten years to finish my first novel, and I'm working on another, with 3-4 ideas brewing for future novels. I know I need to push harder, write faster. I'm not getting any younger and want to get these books written before I'm no longer able. I enjoyed Synth Noir. Have you considered publishing it yourself? Even mainstream authors are going that route now, and it could be a viable option for getting your work out in print. However you choose to go, I wish you the best of luck!
Thank you! I'm glad you liked Synth Noir. I'll be going the self-publishing route for sure. Finishing up the first draft of Van Life, then doing final edits to Synth Noir and I plan, god willing, to publish it in paperback and ebook early next year.
I hear you. I feel like I have to get these stories out while I'm alive. At the same time, I can't force writing. Like sometimes it's not ready to come out, and I when I try to make it happen, it feels contrived. It needs to simmer in my brain for a while. But maybe it's better to get something down than nothing at all. I do need to be better about consistently working on the stories (whether writing or simmering) and not letting life get in the way.
I feel the same way, a conflict between wanting to get the stories in my head out faster, while not wanting to force them when they're not quite ready. Such are the joys of being a writer. 😉
Sounds a lot like me. It's taken me about ten years to finish my first novel, and I'm working on another, with 3-4 ideas brewing for future novels. I know I need to push harder, write faster. I'm not getting any younger and want to get these books written before I'm no longer able. I enjoyed Synth Noir. Have you considered publishing it yourself? Even mainstream authors are going that route now, and it could be a viable option for getting your work out in print. However you choose to go, I wish you the best of luck!
Thank you! I'm glad you liked Synth Noir. I'll be going the self-publishing route for sure. Finishing up the first draft of Van Life, then doing final edits to Synth Noir and I plan, god willing, to publish it in paperback and ebook early next year.
I hear you. I feel like I have to get these stories out while I'm alive. At the same time, I can't force writing. Like sometimes it's not ready to come out, and I when I try to make it happen, it feels contrived. It needs to simmer in my brain for a while. But maybe it's better to get something down than nothing at all. I do need to be better about consistently working on the stories (whether writing or simmering) and not letting life get in the way.
I feel the same way, a conflict between wanting to get the stories in my head out faster, while not wanting to force them when they're not quite ready. Such are the joys of being a writer. 😉