Hi everyone!
This blog is a continuation of the talk I had with my big brother at the Hawk's Cay Resort in Little Duck Key over the summer. My brother is also an amateur writer, and we were discussing what our next novels should be about.
He asked me a very interesting question I want to share with all of you. He said, "If you want to know what your next novel is about. Ask yourself one question: If everyone in the world, EVERYONE, stopped what they were doing for 5 minutes to listen to you, what would you say?" Would you give them advice, tell a story, give them a warning or just complain for 5 minutes.
I want all of you writers out there, all artists in general, to consider that idea. What you would say if the entire English speaking world were to listen to YOU for just 5 minutes. Would you read them your book? Why not? Isn't your book the story you want to tell the world if you had its full attention? Would you read them your novel, or something else?
Is your novel conveying a message, or telling a story, the whole world needs to hear? If it isn't the story you would tell, maybe you should be writing something else.
My novel is about my experiences as the webmaster of fantasiesonline.com. My family and I worked so hard to build and run a site, that I wrote the book so that the world would know the blood, sweat, and tears we spilled to make our little business.
So what are you writing? Are you going to make the planet laugh, cry or wonder? As you continue to work on your novels, ask yourself questions.
My next topic will be about some of the wonderful FREE resources I'm using for the publication of my book, like the great cafepress.com
Don't forget my novel, Confessions of an Internet Pornographer will be published this week! I was hoping to publish it September 29th but my wife got gastroenteritis, ouch!!! We spent the evening, of our 29th anniversary, in the ER of our local hospital. But all systems are go. Please look for it this Friday on Amazon.com, it'll will retail for $4.99. I hope you'll buy a copy then come back and tell me what you think.
Thank you for reading my post. We'll talk again soon, until then I will continue writing into the wind..
Lucho
This blog is a continuation of the talk I had with my big brother at the Hawk's Cay Resort in Little Duck Key over the summer. My brother is also an amateur writer, and we were discussing what our next novels should be about.
He asked me a very interesting question I want to share with all of you. He said, "If you want to know what your next novel is about. Ask yourself one question: If everyone in the world, EVERYONE, stopped what they were doing for 5 minutes to listen to you, what would you say?" Would you give them advice, tell a story, give them a warning or just complain for 5 minutes.
I want all of you writers out there, all artists in general, to consider that idea. What you would say if the entire English speaking world were to listen to YOU for just 5 minutes. Would you read them your book? Why not? Isn't your book the story you want to tell the world if you had its full attention? Would you read them your novel, or something else?
Is your novel conveying a message, or telling a story, the whole world needs to hear? If it isn't the story you would tell, maybe you should be writing something else.
My novel is about my experiences as the webmaster of fantasiesonline.com. My family and I worked so hard to build and run a site, that I wrote the book so that the world would know the blood, sweat, and tears we spilled to make our little business.
So what are you writing? Are you going to make the planet laugh, cry or wonder? As you continue to work on your novels, ask yourself questions.
My next topic will be about some of the wonderful FREE resources I'm using for the publication of my book, like the great cafepress.com
Don't forget my novel, Confessions of an Internet Pornographer will be published this week! I was hoping to publish it September 29th but my wife got gastroenteritis, ouch!!! We spent the evening, of our 29th anniversary, in the ER of our local hospital. But all systems are go. Please look for it this Friday on Amazon.com, it'll will retail for $4.99. I hope you'll buy a copy then come back and tell me what you think.
Thank you for reading my post. We'll talk again soon, until then I will continue writing into the wind..
Lucho
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