What’s that you say? The old employment Catch-22 got you down? You know, that thing where you can’t get a job unless you have experience, and you can’t get experience unless you get a job?
This breaking in business is a bitch. What’s a writer to do?
Well, you could always try a writerly variation of this:
Guess he’s been indoors, hiding from the brrr:
t’s been absolutely freezing in New York City lately! I thought I’d escape and visit someplace warm, like Hawaii or maybe Venus. The TARDIS wasn’t having it though, and brought me to Amsterdam instead. I think it was maybe a few degrees warmer there, when the sun was out. The beautiful canals and architecture made the trip worth it I suppose. Lovely place, Amsterdam.
Yeah, there have been some. Rilly.
Don’t believe us? Check this:
You do know who Nabokov is, right?
Guy who wrote Lolita?
Lolita, yeah. And a bunch of other stuff that now would be categorized as “literary fiction” but back in the day was just “fiction.”
One of the web’s most thoughtful writers writes about fiction on her way cool Wordstrumpet.Com blog:
Novel writing is much on my mind these days. If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you know that my debut novel, Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior, is due out February 12. Not only that, but next week I’ll be in Nashville to talk to a local writer’s group and give a workshop about Scene and Structure in fiction. And, to top it all off, I will be once again offering my teleclass, Get Your Novel Written Now, in March (though early-bird registration is open).
So, yeah, novel writing is on my mind, big time. And as I proof the final copy for Emma Jean, as well as continue to work on my next novel, I’m reminded of what it takes to actually write a novel. Which, let it be known, is a lot. Even though its about the most fun you can have, ever, it is a lot. But the actual writing of every novel has a starting point.