You are either bored, or need a laugh…
I was the guest this week on Writer Dojo. HERE is the link to their site, with the options to listen to the podcast.
We talked primarily about writing, education of writers, and being panelists at various cons.
Like I said, if you’re bored or need a laugh… sigh…
Snippets:
1) “… I have no problem admitting I make mistakes, and if I can admit I made a mistake in front of a crowd, and somebody else doesn’t make the same mistake, I look at that as a win.”
2) “This is a business. When it comes down to it, this is a business. You have to treat it as such. Which means you’ve got to put in the work and the time, and one of the things that I harp on is time management. Do what works the best for you.
“Your goal is to complete the book you’re writing. You can pay people to do editing, I do. You can people to do cover art, I do, because that to me is a waste of time and money … because what people don’t think about is what your cost-per-hour is if you’re doing something.”
3) “One guy was a dog trainer. ‘Well I’m working on story ideas.’ You’re a damn dog trainer. Write it from the perspective of the dog. ‘*blink* Damn.’ Never thought of it.”
4) “… It’s trying to instill a little self confidence in people, because we all have imposter syndrome. You think back to when we started. ‘I’m not good enough to be out there.’ No. If you wrote a book, if you completed a book and published it, you’re in the top one percent of people that ever attempted to write a book.”
Go listen to the whole thing.
Re. “write from the perspective of the dog.” There was an article in an international environmental history journal about a stream. The article (with footnotes and all the other required bits) was introduced from a beaver’s point of view. Completely different from the usual academic article, and a fantastic way to get the ideas across. I don’t know many writers – fiction or otherwise – who could pull something like that off, but it was a slick way to do it.
Good interview.
As for the last… ok, fine, I’ll bring something else over for sandboxing, instead of relying on Peter and research.
This time, I’ll bring a lot more notepaper, and a bottle of wine, so I can enjoy drinking from the firehose of information!
Ag- You’re giving away all my ‘secrets’…LOL
TXRed- Oh yeah! I’ll be that was interesting!
Dot- Sorry, not sorry… I needed an example…sorry… 🙂