Amazon announced their Kindle and set in motion the self-publishing revolution. I saw a couple of acquaintances go out self-publish their stories, the stories they really wanted to tell. Frankly, there wasn’t much going on for me, so I stuck a toe in the water. That toe was “Lost Claus” (which I go into here). I now realized I could get those stories I wanted out to the public, or some of them anyway. |
With the release of my latest book, Novel Concept, I had the urge to explain myself, I mean, examine the creative process and how this story came to be (see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4).
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With the release of my latest book, Novel Concept, I had the urge to explain myself, I mean, examine the creative process and how this story came to be (see Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3).
With the release of my latest book, Novel Concept, I had the urge to explain myself, I mean, examine the creative process and how this story came to be (see Part 1, and Part 2).
I’d print out the pages and edit them. Then rewrite those. Then I wouldn’t. Start and stop. Rewrite, then let it lay fallow. Go until I hit a wall, then walk away from it. Go work on other stuff. Get involved with Pee-Wee Herman. I admit it, I’m lazy. And without a firm deadline, I took my dear, sweet time with it. Finally, after a couple of years, I typed the words, “The End.”
The next step, of course, was sending it out to publishers for rejections. Check. After a couple of dozen of those, I let it sit for a while. Before a techno-tragedy had me put it aside for years. With the release of my latest book, Novel Concept, I had the urge to explain myself, I mean, examine the creative process and how this story came to be (see Part 1).
With the release of my latest book, Novel Concept, I had the urge to explain myself, I mean, examine the creative process and how this story came to be (see Part 1) ![]() Writing a book was not on my bucket list. I was going to write MOVIES! Or SKETCHES for TV!!! That was it. Not a TV series, no prose, articles or matchbook covers. All through college and post-graduation, my attention was drawn to the shiny movie screen and flickering TV image. There were spec scripts to mail out and sketches to hoard away (because by this time there was only one sketch-comedy show on TV and “Saturday Night Live” was a tough nut to crack)... |
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