I recently finished a novel. It was a love novel, one of those ones you write because you love the subject or something about it. I love meta-fiction – it’s a meta-fiction novel.
But now that I have finished, what next? I’m now writing another novel, this one may be a series, but we will see.
I’ve come to realise that I missed the love I have for writing and words and sentences. I lost that lovin’ feeling with the publication of my novel, The Neighbour. I got all wound up in the expectations that I put on myself to promote on social media.
But I’ve wound all that back and loving writing again. What do I love? I love that every sentence is an opportunity to convey meaning – and that is simply it. I love sentences.
I love my chair, the blank page, and sentences.
September 26, 2016 at 10:45 PM
What is meta-fiction?
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September 27, 2016 at 4:58 PM
Hello! Thanks for your comment – the best way to explain meta-fiction is to show you a post I wrote a while back about it, but put simply – meta-fiction is fiction about fiction https://proudfootblog.com/2016/04/08/chat-about-meta-fiction-novels/
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September 27, 2016 at 4:33 AM
I think the part of the brain that compels us to write is completely different from the part that does the marketing/promotion,etc. Which is why in the trad pub world, you have writers who write and a whole other set of people to sell the written works. The big downside of going indie is it’s not likely that someone who writes well also has the talents to do all the other stuff. It’s good to hear you’ve rediscovered your love of writing.
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September 27, 2016 at 1:20 PM
Hi Audrey, thanks for your comment. I agree with you whole heatedly. 🙂
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October 14, 2016 at 12:48 AM
What a lovely thing to hear, Julie. Thank you for following my Routine Matters blog as well. All the best. Chris. 😃
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