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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Prophesy of the Mind
What comes next as a writer produces sweat on the forehead. People ask the question and want to know. What to say can be a complex answer, as the road ahead is never quite straight. For me, it is something that has so many forks down the way that I have to pause. What is next for me? The answer, or the potential path, could change based on so many factors. The future will tell.
Too Long in the Wind
The author reflects on a two-year hiatus from posting to his blog, citing personal challenges, including grief over the loss of pets and the chaos of world events. Despite this, he have been busy crafting multiple books, including a sequel to Pandemic-19 titled, Sins of the Father. He expresses excitement about reconnecting with readers and a desire to continue sharing posts with upcoming news.
Fuel for the Imagination
What fuels your brain? That is a question writers get asked.
A lot.
For some, it is a hard one to answer concisely, as we writers get our inspiration from a variety of sources. For others, it is a quick reply steeped in direct language that paints a great picture.
When Real-Life Feeds Fiction
Every writer finds inspiration in some some sort of real event or memory. It is the nature of the beast.
That is not to say that we use our lives in totality and turn every single aspect into a plot point or scene in one of our books.
No, not at all.
But, we need reference points, or at least, most of do. We do not all write about our lives and entangle it in our works. Though, I would be hard-pressed to say that I do not include tidbits of my world in my novels.
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!
Author Event on World Down Syndrome Day, March 21, 2022
I am beyond excited to announce that A Seat at the Table will host me for a limited time engagement for my first author event in celebration of World Down Syndrome Day on March, 21, 2022!
Pandemic-19 Released. Now What?
Now that Pandemic-19 is in the air, what now?
Well, that’s the million dollar question. Isn’t it? The work has just begun!
Ending 2021
Greetings loyal readers! As I finish out the year, I wanted to take the time to sit and write as it has been some time since my last post. A lot has transpired, good and bad, that kept me from sitting down and putting words to screen. Like many of us, life occasionally throws wrenchesContinue reading “Ending 2021”
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.
Jason McDonald 