Have I reached the point I can move to the woods and become a local cryptid? As long as I’ve got wifi, I can still write, but maybe I can subsist on fallen leaves and the screams of those who seek my presence? I could be the Writing Hermit, a gaunt figure that leaves inkstainsContinue reading “Community Cryptid”
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Every Day… or Else!
Seven months. Seven novel rough drafts. Several revisions. I have been working my butt off. It was my goal to finish another novel revision before February arrived so I could tackle the next novel in the new month. And then this week my brain said, “NOPE!” I opened up the file. I looked at allContinue reading “Every Day… or Else!”
You’re Not Allowed to Celebrate
Depression doesn’t care that you have a new book coming out. It doesn’t care about the now-long list of publications you have or the plans you’ve got for 2022. It laughs when you say it’s time to get to work. Depression has its own goals. I’ve written before how depression doesn’t create art. And itContinue reading “You’re Not Allowed to Celebrate”
Publish or Perish
Publish or perish. When you work in the academic world, thou shalt publish paper after paper to prove that thou art worthy of thine position. It’s not just the academic world, though. When I was younger, I thought Stephen King was slightly insane. Most people I read, like Robert Jordan, produced maybe a novel aContinue reading “Publish or Perish”
Farewell, Reading
In a normal year, I read a novel a week on average. I set them aside through the year to do an end-of-year review of what I’ve read. I think I’ll be failing this year. My year usually starts in July. That’s just how I count it. By this point I should have a goodContinue reading “Farewell, Reading”
Jonathon Mast: Author 