As I continue my journey to get a book published I find myself revisiting the idea of a blog. Why? Because sometimes I need motivation to keep myself going, particularly on days like today! A blog, sometimes, is like having someone to answer to. Even if it's just me posting an update on what little I have accomplished each and every day it is still somehow validates my efforts.
What are my Goals?
I'm glad you asked, vague bold internet letters that mysteriously appeared on my screen. In 2013 I was working on a joint novel with a friend but am no longer involved in that project. I also had a sketch-a-day blog on Tumblr. Unfortunately, Tumblr became a giant timesuck and isn't really much of an actual blogging website. So I have, this year, returned to Blogger to be more ~professional~. My goals are as follows:
- Finish writing my first original novel, Cursed (name pending). This includes more than just writing, it includes backstory, character design, maps, and all that nonsense.
- Do a little doodle everyday, even if it's a stupid sketch that makes no damn sense!
- Finish Iron Clad: Across the Universe, Iron Clad: Echoes, and The Staff of Dreams my fanfiction. Yes, I write fanfiction. So there.
- Return to YouTube and get better at video editing. Seeing as my editing skills are negative, that is quite the challenge. My desktop that did all my recording died back in September but I'm hoping to get it fixed in the coming weeks. My YouTube page has 260+ subscribers now and I never expected to get any at all. I can't believe how well it's done and I feel bad that I have unfinished books. Plus, I miss it! I miss it so much.
- Suck less at social networking. Hence this blog. Hello internet! I welcome you.
- Open Commissions again. I will be posting a page specifically for pricing here soon enough.
That's Great. What Can We Expect to See Then?
Wow, internet letters you are great at this question thing. How inquisitive you are! As I go along I will be posting updates to YouTube, including videos and changes I've made. I will post each night at Midnight what I accomplished that day even if it was absolutely nothing! Most likely you will receive links to chapters I've completed of the above listed fanfiction like clockwork each week, I'm fairly predictable with those. Art will be posted with an explanation as to what it is as well as text updates as to what I've accomplished with Cursed or any of the other 3000 ideas I have. Sometimes I may even post recipes because I very much enjoy baking as well! But that will likely be few and far between. Sometimes you'll see Maps, Character Sketches, doodles, nonsense, rejected ideas. Who knows!
Thanks for reading, internet. I'm excited about this new endeavor.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
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I wish your blog had one of the follow-y buttons like mine has...But regardless you have been thusly bookmarked and I certainly hope if I don't keep up with commenting that you will beat me over the head with the Hammer of Remembrance so that I can go ahead and check out what you've posted. (I too need to get better at this blogging thing...)
ReplyDeleteAnyway I think choosing Blogger was a good choice. Some people pick Word Press but that feels more stand a-lone and more like an "article format" sort of place from my experience on blog's I've seen there. Kinda like your own website and less like an actual blog.
I'm stupid excited you are going to be getting Cursed going more full steam. Cause after you told me what you had planned yesterday for the story my inner fan-boy has been going crazy! I can't wait to see Khadrim's character re-design. But I'm so loving the two you've done thus far!
Anyway I hope you like the blogger format here. It's fun to tweak. You should definitely look into putting a facebook badge for your art page on here. As well as a twitter button. Inter-connectivity and all that.
Omg, I finally got this working but only by using Google Chrome! Yeesh! YEESH! I really do like Blogger though, you're right, it's more like a webpage than a blog, unlike Wordpress which has always felt very magazine-y to me.
DeleteThanks so much for being so passionate about Cursed! Really! I mean... it's one thing for me to be excited but it keeps me motivated when there are other people holding me accountable! So I do appreciate that. I added links to Twitter and Facebook on here, and I should add one for YouTube too, I guess! Ha! And I added a Follow thingy, but we'll see if it works. I am going to change the theme now too, since I don't really like this one. :3