Recently, I decided to make my return from hiatus as a writer by publishing a book of my short stories, a new non-fiction piece, and poetry. It is entitled Fragments of Reality and is available for sale in the Kindle Store as well as in a CreateSpace paperback copy. Perhaps its because I didn't write entirely new material for it or that it wasn't a novel, but I find myself strangely unfulfilled. Sure, the first couple days were filled with the heady delight of publishing my first book (self-published or not), but now I'm feeling a bit empty.
Its partly to do with the fact that people don't seem too interested in the piece. I won't lie and say I wasn't looking forward to that royalty check, but I think that its more than that. Perhaps my creative powers want to flow and they weren't satisfied with simply compiling the works into a (semi-)coherent whole. Yes, people that have read it so far, those happy few, have said they enjoy it, but I'm still a bit down in the dumps about it. I find myself looking forward to my next project, something I haven't felt in a long time.
I've committed (somewhat tentatively so far) to participating in NaNoWriMo 2013 this November. For those of you who do not know, this is National Novel Writing Month. It takes place every November and thousands of authors, both amateur and professional, accept the ambitious challenge. The challenge is to write at least 50,000 words in the thirty days from the first of November to the thirtieth. This is, to be sure, an epic challenge considering I have yet to finish a novel. I'm hoping that the fast pace and challenging nature will push me through the hump to finally complete one. Another motivational factor should be the horrible embarrassment of failing after boasting of my commitment so far and wide on the blogosphere and social networking world.
Keep checking back for updates as the days click forward to November! For now, I'm working hard on preparing material for the pre-writing stage of my NaNoWriMo piece. Wish me luck!
In Earnest,
Adam King AKA Lykeios
P.S. If you want to take a look at my book its located here in the Amazon Kindle store and in paperback format: Fragments of Reality
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