Greetings Persistent Writers! Here is my latest analysis: The Gunslinger by Stephen King.
Friday, October 12, 2018
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
October 2018 Update
58% done with the sequel.
Got one of my short stories accepted by a journal. Very happy with that!
That's about it with the writing life. As for personal life? New York Comic Con was a blast (as always). My husband bought a lot of NYCC exclusive action figures, which is his thing. For me, I bought some comics and graphic novels from The Artist Alley.
Got to see three panels in the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. I was fanboying so hard when Good Omens came on and saw one of my favorite authors, Neil Gaiman.
During the Q&A, a writer had asked how they could develop their voice. Neil said that your voice is always there, but you need to get it out. He then quoted Chuck Jones who said, "every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them, and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out."
I'm still drawing out (or writing out) a thousand bad drafts to get to the good ones.
And as life goes, everything comes to an end. I was inspired to write a farewell letter to this wonderful convention. See below:
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Got one of my short stories accepted by a journal. Very happy with that!
That's about it with the writing life. As for personal life? New York Comic Con was a blast (as always). My husband bought a lot of NYCC exclusive action figures, which is his thing. For me, I bought some comics and graphic novels from The Artist Alley.
Got to see three panels in the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. I was fanboying so hard when Good Omens came on and saw one of my favorite authors, Neil Gaiman.
During the Q&A, a writer had asked how they could develop their voice. Neil said that your voice is always there, but you need to get it out. He then quoted Chuck Jones who said, "every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them, and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out."
I'm still drawing out (or writing out) a thousand bad drafts to get to the good ones.
And as life goes, everything comes to an end. I was inspired to write a farewell letter to this wonderful convention. See below:
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Last day of New York Comic Con for us.
There were a lot of children there. Some of the children were growing gray, but had youth in their pose. Some children were dressed as their favorite comic book, TV and movie characters that they idolized ten, twenty or thirty years ago. And the same children brought their children with them, dressed in their favorite characters of the current.
Some of the children weren't dressed up, but participated in the play, the make-believe, the joyous act of suspending disbelief to enter a fantastical world.
These conventions are like tears in the universe where parallel worlds collide.
DC Universe collided with Marvel Universe.
My Hero Acaedemia mingled with the crew of One Piece.
Spider-Men and Spider-Women clashed with Venoms and Carnages.
And after the universes return to their place, snapping back like a stretched rubber band, we must remember this:
"Fiction is the lie that tells the truth."
Stories they may be, but there is a seed of truth within them. Our lives are filled with myths, and our myths are reflections of our lives.
So as Monday comes, when the work week begins, go and pick up a book, flip open a comic, stream a show or movie...
And play.
Play to be informed,
Play to be inspired,
Play to be invigorated.
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