While it is not officially Spring, it sure is beginning to feel like it here in Atlanta
Enough about the weather. Let's get down to the nuts and bolts of the year, namely the progress of my first novel Monarch. Some of you may be aware that I have been working on the book for just shy of two years -- since July of 2010 to be precise. It's been a tumultuous time of ups and downs. If I were to do it again, would I do things differently? Umm... I find it better to not dwell on such things, but rather to learn from what has transpired and use that knowledge as I move forward.
The most trying part of being a first-time novelist is getting people to take an interest in what you are trying to accomplish and actually get them to read your work. That was the whole reason I wanted to broaden my horizons from screenwriting to the writing of novels, because next to no one reads screenplays. And what is the point of creating something from thin air, which is intended to be read and seen by others, if only a few dozen people ever lay eyes on it?
Let's just say I've had to attribute most of the work I did in the 2000s to training for novel writing. I wrote a variety of stories spanning numerous genres during that decade, more than a dozen in total. There are differences of course in how a novel is written as compared to a screenplay. Big differences. I worked to bridge that gap by studying the craft of writing fiction for years and penning numerous short stories all the way up to July of 2010. The most recent, Psykosis, may actually windup being my follow up to Monarch.
