I like the idea of your writing nook. I know of a couple of writers whose writing area is basically a shed at the bottom of the garden, so you're not alone!
It's a good point about the forums that once you've been there for a while you find you're reading and saying the same things over and over. And then when they get annoying you have to say, if this is neither informative nor fun, then why am I here? I'm a big believer in spending time only on what has a value of some kind. That doesn't mean it only has to be "useful", fun is valuable too. But once you're getting none of that any more, time to leave.
And it's a goo point about the inbreeding. I've read an article where Josh Lanyon warns against ending up spending all your marketing and publicity time and effort on things that are really only of interest to other writers. It's great to connect to other writers of course, but readers are the ones who are going to buy your books!
Getting on and working through and getting a story you want to write finished without fretting about publication is good! The most unpublishable thing of all is an unfinished book.
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Date: 2012-03-10 07:04 am (UTC)It's a good point about the forums that once you've been there for a while you find you're reading and saying the same things over and over. And then when they get annoying you have to say, if this is neither informative nor fun, then why am I here? I'm a big believer in spending time only on what has a value of some kind. That doesn't mean it only has to be "useful", fun is valuable too. But once you're getting none of that any more, time to leave.
And it's a goo point about the inbreeding. I've read an article where Josh Lanyon warns against ending up spending all your marketing and publicity time and effort on things that are really only of interest to other writers. It's great to connect to other writers of course, but readers are the ones who are going to buy your books!
Getting on and working through and getting a story you want to write finished without fretting about publication is good! The most unpublishable thing of all is an unfinished book.