Writer Blog – Recovery Mode

I’m now in “Recovery Mode”. I’ve finished my last convention of the year. Though I will miss the energy of being around fans, fellow writers, and artists, I’m looking forward to putting that energy into writing – and regaining some of it. FenCon is always a good time, but a lot of work and totally worth the drain. But now, I can unpack until February 2011.

“Recovery Mode” also means switching gears once more. With the conventions, I’ve spent the last few weeks in the “business” part of writing – marketing, selling, self-promoting. Now it’s time to revert back to the lonely aspects of the “creative” part of writing – the actual act of writing. The one thing I’ve not been able to much of these last several weeks has been actually putting words on paper (though I am catching up my typing from previously, so I know where my projects are – and hopefully where they need to go toward finishing.

I know. I know. No excuses. However, there are only so many hours in the day. Now I’m back on track. I have avenues to pursue. The novels…they don’t write themselves. I need to talk to a couple of collaborators. Get everything on track – and get some deadlines. That’s the real way to stay on top of things – at least for me.

The other reason for the push? The next convention season is closing in even as I finish this. The point of getting off my duff and doing new material? To *have* new material to sell at conventions. A writer never wants to face the problem of everyone who might buy your material already *has* your material. I do have a new anthology coming out in October (I’ll let you know when it’s released), but that’s not enough. I need to be working on better long-term projects so my readers always have something new to pick up. Now, I have to pick myself up and go write something.