The last couple of days I have put marketing of “Quest for the Red Sapphire”
down for a bit. I didn’t work on edits for the sequel, “Sapphire
Crucible”. In loading some files from my Documents file I spied the one
titled “Book III.” I have been so caught up with the other two books that
I hadn’t looked at it for a while. It couldn’t have been that long since I
worked on it. Maybe it was a few weeks or a month, I thought. When I
opened it I saw the last date the file had been saved. It was November
9th, 2013. I had gone almost four months without writing anything new on
that book. It blew me away. I have been so caught up with promotion
and production that I never made time to do my favorite thing; writing. I
cleared my schedule and sat down to write. It had been so long since I
worked on it that I had to reread parts to figure out where I was in the
story. I go over some part of the book every night before I fall
asleep. It is the key to my thorough writing. By going over it in my
head over and over, I can find flaws and fix them before I ever type it.
That way I can sit down at the computer and let the story flow through my
fingers. The point in the story where I left off was in between major
events and I had to storyboard the sequence to get it right. Once I was
there I set to writing. It was like I had found an old friend and was
catching up. I hadn’t written for the love of writing in so long that I
had forgotten how exhilarating the process can be. It was a chapter of
almost entirely dialogue. Laying it out properly requires the skills of a
choreographer. Each step must lead seamlessly into the next. It was
slow going at first. Since I love the work, though, I didn’t mind.
Then I found my groove and the words flowed like water. The book is nearly
complete with perhaps 2 chapters to go. It was the happiest I have been in
a long time. Promoting and editing are fine and necessary. They are
an important part of the publishing process. There is no feeling on this
earth, however, like finishing a chapter or major section of a book you are
writing and sitting back to read your words. What you have created seems
impossible and fills you with immense pride and joy. I have a great deal
of other work to do but I must not forget what brought me here. It is
important to take time to write.
down for a bit. I didn’t work on edits for the sequel, “Sapphire
Crucible”. In loading some files from my Documents file I spied the one
titled “Book III.” I have been so caught up with the other two books that
I hadn’t looked at it for a while. It couldn’t have been that long since I
worked on it. Maybe it was a few weeks or a month, I thought. When I
opened it I saw the last date the file had been saved. It was November
9th, 2013. I had gone almost four months without writing anything new on
that book. It blew me away. I have been so caught up with promotion
and production that I never made time to do my favorite thing; writing. I
cleared my schedule and sat down to write. It had been so long since I
worked on it that I had to reread parts to figure out where I was in the
story. I go over some part of the book every night before I fall
asleep. It is the key to my thorough writing. By going over it in my
head over and over, I can find flaws and fix them before I ever type it.
That way I can sit down at the computer and let the story flow through my
fingers. The point in the story where I left off was in between major
events and I had to storyboard the sequence to get it right. Once I was
there I set to writing. It was like I had found an old friend and was
catching up. I hadn’t written for the love of writing in so long that I
had forgotten how exhilarating the process can be. It was a chapter of
almost entirely dialogue. Laying it out properly requires the skills of a
choreographer. Each step must lead seamlessly into the next. It was
slow going at first. Since I love the work, though, I didn’t mind.
Then I found my groove and the words flowed like water. The book is nearly
complete with perhaps 2 chapters to go. It was the happiest I have been in
a long time. Promoting and editing are fine and necessary. They are
an important part of the publishing process. There is no feeling on this
earth, however, like finishing a chapter or major section of a book you are
writing and sitting back to read your words. What you have created seems
impossible and fills you with immense pride and joy. I have a great deal
of other work to do but I must not forget what brought me here. It is
important to take time to write.
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