I may have a problem. For Christmas, my parents gave me an insanely generous gift: a $100 gift card for my comic shop. Guess what I’m planning to do later today? Last night I was going through what I want to get. The shop is running a sale for the next week, and I’m eagerContinue reading “Impatience is Not a Virtue”
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What is my writing worth?
The first check I received for writing fiction amounted to $5. I didn’t cash it. It’s in a frame. Look! I got paid! I was so proud of that first check. My wife and I went out to dinner to celebrate. A sale! Since then, I’ve published a number of short stories in a numberContinue reading “What is my writing worth?”
The Work that Comes After the Writing
Writing is work. I wish it was only fun. There is real joy in creating stories, crafting mythologies, sculpting characters, and weaving storylines. There’s something magical in discovering surprises you laid for yourself. I actually do enjoy revising stories and shining them up. But if you intend to be successful as an author, it alsoContinue reading “The Work that Comes After the Writing”
Write EVERY Day?
Do you need to write every single day if you’re going to be a writer? Let me ask a related question: Must you go to work every single day to consider yourself employed? I really hope not! Personally, I value my “days off.” While I rarely get a day to do nothing, those days whereContinue reading “Write EVERY Day?”
I forgot.
So the craziest thing happened this week. One of my stories, “My Seventy-eighth Today,” went live over at AnotheRealm. It’s a story I worked very hard on, and I’m quite proud of it. I keep track of all the places I submit to and where my various stories are. This particular story went to sevenContinue reading “I forgot.”
Jonathon Mast: Author 