Today’s sharing with all of you explores how history influences my writing and how it provides inspiration and relatable themes for what I share with my readers. I integrate actual events into fictional narratives, and much like history often repeats itself and shapes our understanding of the present, it also shapes me as a writer. History also shapes you, so I encourage my lovely readers to reflect on your own stories and reshape the future of your narratives.
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The “Scene” of Death
As writers, we live and die by our words.
Particularly, the avenues we choose to formulate and describe a scene in a chapter become critical ways for us to convey emotions, fear, and acceptance for our readers to relish in our books. There are formulaic frameworks, tried and true structures, even the dreaded copycat of previous works. Pick your poison. Each comes with its own set of dire consequences.
I like to wing it.
Surviving an Author Event
Surviving an Author Event. I did it! I managed to survive, although a bit mentally scathed, my very first author event. Talk about an invigorating, heart-pounding, palm sweating, life changing experience that I will forever cherish and remember. If you have never had one for your book, you need to do it!
Editing: The Bane of Writing
Editing sucks. There, I said it. It really does. No writer says, “I can’t wait to rip my book apart and edit the hell out of it!” If they do, check their head into an insane asylum.
Bringing Words to Life
I have decided to expand my reach and sharing capabilities and produce podcasts and videos! Come along for the ride. More will be posted once I get everything all se up.
A Long Time in the Making
The reason for my absence has been for a positive outcome. The publishing of my psychological suspense thriller novel, Pandemic-19, with the publishing company Good Twin Publishing, has come to fruition. The editing process to get to the point of publishing took considerable time and effort, my focus solely being there and unfortunately leaving my posts to wither in the wind.
Jason McDonald 