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Tuesday, April 8th
Apr. 8th, 2014 01:13 pmThe Daily Report
I used to write a fair number of blog posts about the problems of old media/old economy thinking and how people being stuck in those mindsets causes them to miss opportunities, both for themselves and for society/the marketplace in general.
I don't do that so much any more, partly because it was a lot of repeating myself, and partly because as I grow more mature I've come to realize how often I get stuck in "old thinking" in the face of a new reality.
For instance, I've had a bit of a dilemma when it comes to long form fiction that doesn't fit well into the serial paradigm, because my brain's all keyed into the immediate rush of immediate publishing. And that's part of why I'm excited about Patreon, because it gives me a quick and easy way to share works in progress with very little maintenance or work on my part (I mean, work that would distract from the work of writing) without putting the rough stuff out there for everyone to see.
And I've talked about this before. I've even done it, with Harper's Folly.
But I haven't internalized it. I still get hung up on the thought of, "Oh, this longer project is off to such a good beginning... but I can't tell anyone about it and it's going to be so long before it pays off..." and then running out of steam. I still write things and then never actually post them.
And that's old thinking. That's Pre-Patreon thinking. I'm working on shaking myself out of it, but it will probably be a few more months at least before it's anything like second nature.
Aside from reminding myself to do this stuff more often, this is also to say that there will be a new thing for Patreon sponsors to read shortly after I finish this post. It's the first two chapters of a novel. Working title is "Keeper's Quarry".
Think YA-ish fantasy, kind of a mash-up of traditional high magic adventure fantasy and the kind of struggle-against-dystopia meme that's been so popular lately with the Hunger Games. There's definitely influence from my recent forays into Dragon Age, as the central conceit of the world is reminiscent of the Templars vs. Mages conflict in DA, without being identical: the Keepers act to eliminate wizardry rather than being watchdogs over mages.
Ironically, this story came about mostly from my ruminations about writing a straight-forward D&D style adventure fantasy without-a-twist.
The State of the Me
I'm basically soldiering on. I'm sleeping enough, but not at the right time. Today I tried to correct that by getting up early and ended up exhausting myself in the morning, but I think it'll help me get back on track tonight, possibly.
Plans For Today
Block 1 is done.
Block 2, I'm organizing some material I've been writing for The One Called Wander. If I end up with enough of a linear draft, I'll put it up on Patreon, too.
Block 3 is writing Tales of MU. Day 2, find a beginning.
I used to write a fair number of blog posts about the problems of old media/old economy thinking and how people being stuck in those mindsets causes them to miss opportunities, both for themselves and for society/the marketplace in general.
I don't do that so much any more, partly because it was a lot of repeating myself, and partly because as I grow more mature I've come to realize how often I get stuck in "old thinking" in the face of a new reality.
For instance, I've had a bit of a dilemma when it comes to long form fiction that doesn't fit well into the serial paradigm, because my brain's all keyed into the immediate rush of immediate publishing. And that's part of why I'm excited about Patreon, because it gives me a quick and easy way to share works in progress with very little maintenance or work on my part (I mean, work that would distract from the work of writing) without putting the rough stuff out there for everyone to see.
And I've talked about this before. I've even done it, with Harper's Folly.
But I haven't internalized it. I still get hung up on the thought of, "Oh, this longer project is off to such a good beginning... but I can't tell anyone about it and it's going to be so long before it pays off..." and then running out of steam. I still write things and then never actually post them.
And that's old thinking. That's Pre-Patreon thinking. I'm working on shaking myself out of it, but it will probably be a few more months at least before it's anything like second nature.
Aside from reminding myself to do this stuff more often, this is also to say that there will be a new thing for Patreon sponsors to read shortly after I finish this post. It's the first two chapters of a novel. Working title is "Keeper's Quarry".
Think YA-ish fantasy, kind of a mash-up of traditional high magic adventure fantasy and the kind of struggle-against-dystopia meme that's been so popular lately with the Hunger Games. There's definitely influence from my recent forays into Dragon Age, as the central conceit of the world is reminiscent of the Templars vs. Mages conflict in DA, without being identical: the Keepers act to eliminate wizardry rather than being watchdogs over mages.
Ironically, this story came about mostly from my ruminations about writing a straight-forward D&D style adventure fantasy without-a-twist.
The State of the Me
I'm basically soldiering on. I'm sleeping enough, but not at the right time. Today I tried to correct that by getting up early and ended up exhausting myself in the morning, but I think it'll help me get back on track tonight, possibly.
Plans For Today
Block 1 is done.
Block 2, I'm organizing some material I've been writing for The One Called Wander. If I end up with enough of a linear draft, I'll put it up on Patreon, too.
Block 3 is writing Tales of MU. Day 2, find a beginning.