Creative Writing with the Crimson League
There is SO much that goes into trying to make a career as an author. In my case, which I doubt is unique, there’s:
- Blogging and promoting my blog
- Deciding whether I want to seek an agent or continue to self-publish
- I think I want to find an agent, so I have to make time to do that
- Writing and editing, of course
- Social media and getting my work out there (see “promoting” above, which I’m doing an awful job at currently)
- Balancing getting older projects in shape (I want to rerelease my trilogy with superior and tighter second editions) vs starting new ones
- Making sure I keep enough time for the more important stuff
It easily becomes overwhelming and exhausting and just plain daunting, seemingly impossible, when I take it and myself too seriously.
That’s why I try not to. I love Chesterton’s claim that, “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered…
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