w00t! How's everyone's summer? Mine's been interesting. And I think that's the nicest thing I can say about it so far. On the plus side, I've been to some museums, got to tour other cities (for all the wrong reasons, but you know, lemons become lemonade), and I've been working on my art.
I'm pretty excited about the upcoming Olympics. And to celebrate the upcoming Olympic games, I'm doing a blog tour for my book, Of Pens And Swords, as the main character, Cyra, desperately wants to go to the Olympics.
Go check out Elsie's blog and Katie's blog. Don't forget to enter for a chance to win an ebook copy of my first title!
And before I go, What events are everyone gearing up for? I, for one, cannot wait for the equestrian competition to start!
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Under Paintings
I don't know how, but I've managed to survive to another Insecure Writer's Blog Post! It was a narrow thing on my part, I assure you. So if you haven't heard of the Insecure Writers support Group, head on over to the Ninja Captain, hop on the Linky and say "Howdy" to this month's cohosts Yolanda Renee, Tyrean Martinson, Madeline Mora-Summonte , LK Hill, Rachna Chhabria, and JA Scott! .
This month, I'm insecure about not having masterpieces fall from my finger tips. I know, I know, I need to give myself some credit because just the writing of a first draft is both hard and important. It's actually been slowing me down as I write, this need to have everything perfect as it hit's the page, but then I remember: this is a first draft.
Say it with me folks: First Drafts have permission to suck.
You know what doesn't have permission to suck? The final draft.
But I keep getting the two confused in my head, so I'm trying to remind myself that my first drafts are like under paintings. Sometimes, in painting, you sort of sketch out the form of what you're going to paint in muted colors. It's to give you a road map for when you're really slinging the paint around.
Here's one of my recent paintings with it's underpainting.
So yeah, I need to pull back a little bit and judge my first draft by the standards of a first draft.
This month, I'm insecure about not having masterpieces fall from my finger tips. I know, I know, I need to give myself some credit because just the writing of a first draft is both hard and important. It's actually been slowing me down as I write, this need to have everything perfect as it hit's the page, but then I remember: this is a first draft.
Say it with me folks: First Drafts have permission to suck.
You know what doesn't have permission to suck? The final draft.
But I keep getting the two confused in my head, so I'm trying to remind myself that my first drafts are like under paintings. Sometimes, in painting, you sort of sketch out the form of what you're going to paint in muted colors. It's to give you a road map for when you're really slinging the paint around.
Here's one of my recent paintings with it's underpainting.
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| This is me not being finished |
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| And this is me being finished. |
So yeah, I need to pull back a little bit and judge my first draft by the standards of a first draft.
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