http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RGK9XCI
This book "Dear Reader your pet may be a servant of Dear Leader", capitalized on the North Korean drama we had recently with "The Interview". It is very short, but pretty humorous. Have any of you checked it out? What do you think?
-Matt
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Friday, December 26, 2014
Dry spell...
Alright, this post really isn't about a specific writing topic. I am just flustered with not being sure whether I should start writing a new manuscript, or continue with my revisions and editing... Boooooo I'm not sure.
What do my fellow writers do when they have a dry spell?! (A writing dry spell...)
-Matt.
What do my fellow writers do when they have a dry spell?! (A writing dry spell...)
-Matt.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Writing for Fun
Alright, so I listened to the latest Writing Excuses -check this sweet podcast out here:
http://www.writingexcuses.com/
It was an interesting topic: Writing for fun.
Often times, as writers, we can get caught up in:
"I need to finish this project simply because it's a deadline to meet."
"I need to write this to make money."
"I can't work on that idea because it is silly and won't make me money."
Sure, there are writers that write just for fun, and there are others who write with the intent to make money off of it, admittedly I am the latter. There is nothing wrong with that. If you are writing to make money, good for you, hopefully it is successful! If you are writing just for fun, good for you! Do what you enjoy! My message is mainly for the crowd who is writing for money.
Don't forget to have fun with it.
My bet is the first time you started writing, was because you found the task fun. If you didn't get any joy out of it, why would you do it initially? You don't want to take the craft that you've worked so hard to polish up, and suck the fun out of it. The day you write begrudgingly, simply because you need to, is the day it becomes a job just like any other job. So, take the time to work on that silly idea, write out a few scenes of that thing you don't think would sell. Because in the end, it's still practice.
Every time you write you polish things up even more for the day you are working on that big seller idea. Brandon Sanderson himself admitted he has plenty of things that he never intends to publish, Stephen King probably has tons of ideas as well that will never be published -not because they can't (that guy can publish anything), but because he wrote them to be silly, to have "fun". I guess what I'm saying is that having fun, doesn't equate to not being productive. At the very least, you are honing more of the writing craft.
Who knows what else you'll discover along the way.
Follow me on twitter! @MattTaylor1776 I will follow you back, I promise. Like and share this post! Comment! Share your thoughts, I'd love to hear from you!
-Matt
http://www.writingexcuses.com/
It was an interesting topic: Writing for fun.
Often times, as writers, we can get caught up in:
"I need to finish this project simply because it's a deadline to meet."
"I need to write this to make money."
"I can't work on that idea because it is silly and won't make me money."
Sure, there are writers that write just for fun, and there are others who write with the intent to make money off of it, admittedly I am the latter. There is nothing wrong with that. If you are writing to make money, good for you, hopefully it is successful! If you are writing just for fun, good for you! Do what you enjoy! My message is mainly for the crowd who is writing for money.
Don't forget to have fun with it.
My bet is the first time you started writing, was because you found the task fun. If you didn't get any joy out of it, why would you do it initially? You don't want to take the craft that you've worked so hard to polish up, and suck the fun out of it. The day you write begrudgingly, simply because you need to, is the day it becomes a job just like any other job. So, take the time to work on that silly idea, write out a few scenes of that thing you don't think would sell. Because in the end, it's still practice.
Every time you write you polish things up even more for the day you are working on that big seller idea. Brandon Sanderson himself admitted he has plenty of things that he never intends to publish, Stephen King probably has tons of ideas as well that will never be published -not because they can't (that guy can publish anything), but because he wrote them to be silly, to have "fun". I guess what I'm saying is that having fun, doesn't equate to not being productive. At the very least, you are honing more of the writing craft.
Who knows what else you'll discover along the way.
Follow me on twitter! @MattTaylor1776 I will follow you back, I promise. Like and share this post! Comment! Share your thoughts, I'd love to hear from you!
-Matt
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
"Heedless" is out! and other news.
Well, my short story "Heedless" is out. Book 1 of the Jax Jensen Trilogy. I would post a link to the amazon page, but there are plenty scattered about I don't want to overwhelm you all with links. Book two has gone off for editing. And I have started revising book 3.
As for nonwriting things, I saw the third Hobbit. I'll just leave it at this: I liked the first one in terms of story/progression more. But this one had the greatest amount of action and "cool" scenes. There were plenty of "what the heck" moments scattered throughout though.
On the Warhammer 40k front, I have started a Blood Angels army, those guys look pretty cool. I know a lot of individuals are hating on the codex, but, I actually don't mind it right now!
Did you guys see the hobbit? Any fellow 40k players here? My writing friends, any updates? Let me know!
Follow me on twitter to chat! (I follow back) @MattTaylor1776 , or comment below! Like and share the blog!
Love you all!
-Matt
As for nonwriting things, I saw the third Hobbit. I'll just leave it at this: I liked the first one in terms of story/progression more. But this one had the greatest amount of action and "cool" scenes. There were plenty of "what the heck" moments scattered throughout though.
On the Warhammer 40k front, I have started a Blood Angels army, those guys look pretty cool. I know a lot of individuals are hating on the codex, but, I actually don't mind it right now!
Did you guys see the hobbit? Any fellow 40k players here? My writing friends, any updates? Let me know!
Follow me on twitter to chat! (I follow back) @MattTaylor1776 , or comment below! Like and share the blog!
Love you all!
-Matt
Thursday, December 11, 2014
"Heedless" up for Pre-order!
"Heedless" book one of The Jax Jensen Trilogy, is up for pre-order on Kindle only!
Saturday, December 6, 2014
"Heedless" Short Story Progress: With pictures of book cover progress.
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| First concept: Very comic book looking, more cartoon-like |
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| Earlier Concept: Testing out crimson uniform. |
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| Heedless Semi-Final Cover Concept: Black uniform, black duster, medals and badges still need to be added. |
Alright so in the next week or so, my first short story, "Heedless", will be up for preorder on Amazon Kindle! My friend Joshua made this lovely piece, you can see more of his work at http://www.joshuapapaleo.com/ .
That is the main character in the story, Jax Jensen. These three short stories I am releasing are going to be a preceding trilogy to a series of novels featuring him and his universe (which I have been calling the Jensen-verse... its a working title...). I can't decide what to call the short story collections, I was thinking "The Jax Jensen Trilogy" so, Heedless would be scrawled across the top, then beneath would read "Book 1 of the Jax Jensen Trilogy". My only issue with that is, what do I do with the longer novels once those are out?"
What do you all think? Eye catching? We are trying to decide what to do with the background, right now, as pictured above, it is just a black to grey gradient. (Or should I say grey-dient -hahaha!)
Anyway, comment below and let me know what you all think! I would love to hear input, if you like the artwork, go checkout my buddy Josh's site, it is still in its early stages, but I know he has some stuff up there right now. He will be doing the next three covers as well!
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I love talking to new people, especially those who share my interests! So, if you want to talk about writing, war gaming, or anything really, just leave a comment, shoot me a tweet, send me a pigeon!
Thanks for reading,
Matt
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