Things to look forward to?
The last couple of days have been an interesting experience... June is set to be a big month and I'm finding it a little difficult to prioritise all the things I need to do. Much of my spare time has been spent trying to learn as much as I can about the world of speculative fiction in Australia: an interesting place.
I've spent some time looking at other writer's blogs and websites, seeing how hard it is to succeed. Admittedly, I'm not sure whether it was necessarily a good idea, as the old confidence (the small amount I had) has taken a bit of a dent. I suppose it's all part of the learning experience.
I came across the Simon Hayne's "Hal Spacejock" website (www.spacejock.com.au) which really offered some great food for thought - especially concerning the road from "self-publication to book-on-store-bookshelf success"! I thought his comparison of an author's survival to that of a pack of wild animals being circled by a lions is most apt. The weakest are the first to be picked off... For that reason alone, he's won me over, I'm going out to buy his book!
Anyway... back to June... apart from awaiting for my book to come out - end of next week apparently, I have to work interstate for a couple of weeks, organise birthday parties for my wife's 40th and daughter's 16th birthdays (both on July 4), and attempt to fit in some study for mid-year university exams.
At least the birthday parties are something to definitely look forward to. Most of this morning was spent sifting through numerous albums with my wife, picking music to play. I thought it would be good idea to pick at least two songs from every year (over the past 40) - one Australian band, and one overseas artist for each year... no mean feat trying to do that, I assure you - we have definitely found that some years are easier to pick than others - we also convinced ourselves that the late 70s and early 80s were a fantastic time for music in general! (But we're biased).
Time to blog off...
I've spent some time looking at other writer's blogs and websites, seeing how hard it is to succeed. Admittedly, I'm not sure whether it was necessarily a good idea, as the old confidence (the small amount I had) has taken a bit of a dent. I suppose it's all part of the learning experience.
I came across the Simon Hayne's "Hal Spacejock" website (www.spacejock.com.au) which really offered some great food for thought - especially concerning the road from "self-publication to book-on-store-bookshelf success"! I thought his comparison of an author's survival to that of a pack of wild animals being circled by a lions is most apt. The weakest are the first to be picked off... For that reason alone, he's won me over, I'm going out to buy his book!
Anyway... back to June... apart from awaiting for my book to come out - end of next week apparently, I have to work interstate for a couple of weeks, organise birthday parties for my wife's 40th and daughter's 16th birthdays (both on July 4), and attempt to fit in some study for mid-year university exams.
At least the birthday parties are something to definitely look forward to. Most of this morning was spent sifting through numerous albums with my wife, picking music to play. I thought it would be good idea to pick at least two songs from every year (over the past 40) - one Australian band, and one overseas artist for each year... no mean feat trying to do that, I assure you - we have definitely found that some years are easier to pick than others - we also convinced ourselves that the late 70s and early 80s were a fantastic time for music in general! (But we're biased).
Time to blog off...
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