Beginning, it’s either hard or easy. For me it depends on how much or how little I know about a subject. If I don’t know much about the subject, I jump in feet first and begin. The more knowledge about a subject I have, the harder a beginning is for me. I know what is coming, the work that will be needed, and the obstacles that I have to overcome. Knowing what lays in store dampens my enthusiasm for the good times to be had.
All of this said, I’m starting my journey on becoming an author.
Technically, I’ve already started. I’ve written before, even been published before with a technical guide and with pieces in the role playing game industry. The true beginning here if my quest to become a fiction author.
I’m halfway through my first novel that I plan to get published. The hard part for me is I’m at the point in the book where I’m stalled. There’s plot to be worked out and other things in my life have caused me to be out of the writing groove for quite a while. A year?
I’m using this blog as a way to be writing, even if I’m not working on the novel. I’ve tried this before and it’s worked sometimes with a private journal. I’ve not been successful with blogging my thoughts though.
I haven’t been successful since I am generally a private person and don’t put my thoughts out to strangers often. It’s sometimes hard to get me to open up until I’ve gotten to know you. Though if you talk with me about a subject I am interested in, you may find it hard to get me to stop.
Since you are all strangers, please, make yourselves known to me. That way we won’t be strangers any longer.
We’ll see if this works and I can continue the blogging here while writing the novel. I’ve blogged before, it never stuck. This is with a purpose, which usually makes the difference for me.
Welcome,
David M. Moore
Category: Writing
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Starting Out and Overcoming Stalled Writing
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Hello from Worldcon 2025!
Welcome to the new blog. Given that I am getting through the first draft of my novel, it was time to start this thing up.
I’m in Seattle Washington for Worldcon 2025 at the moment. It’s the day of the Hugo awards. I’ve had a good time so far attending panels, meeting with friends old and new, and seeing a small slice of Seattle.
In attending the panels, I’ve realized I am at the point where panels aren’t moving me forward. I need to sit down and write, finish the novel. Don’t get me wrong, they are good panels. I’ve heard the advice in different forms already. They’re more enjoyment and procrastinating for me now.
The book is coming along. It’s a mystery thriller in a future sci-fi setting. It has themes of loss, family, and how memory shapes us.
I’m at a point in the novel where I am going back to the outline and needing to rework it. The original outline is fine, but incomplete. There are gaps to getting from here to there. For a mystery and thriller, that’s definitely an issue. I’ve been reworking and filling in the gaps lately.
Time for me to leave for Worldcon this morning. In the spirit of John Scalzi, here’s my view from the hotel window, except this is from the Space Needle.
