Changing Websites!!!!

 I finally got to creating a new website and I will be moving my blog there!

A rough version is now available here:

NEW WEBSITE

I will slowly transfer all my stuff from here to there.

Lockdown, writing etc.

 I'm sure the coronavirus pandemic has been a strange time for us all. Personally being stuck on furlough (off work but still being paid 80% of my wages) for four months would have been so much more difficult if not for my writing. As it was I managed to accomplish quite a few things. 

• Finished and published Real Love - next book in Reality series.
• Managed to self publish my first book - The Mage - first in my new Into The Wilds series.
• Started writing the second one of Into the Wilds books.

It's all terribly exciting but just as all this was happening I got a call from work telling me I was being made redundant. Thankfully, I didn't end up jobless in the middle of the pandemic. The company managed to start a new contract and offered me a different job position. While I'm grateful and feeling very fortunate that I still have a job, I also can't help but be a little sad at the timing. All the training for the new role distracted me from the excitement of having my newest two books published. Still, this quiet time to focus on my writing did me some good. It reenergized my imagination and helped motivate me. With a little bit of luck, I'll keep my stride and won't falter again anytime soon.

Self isolation

The world's gone crazy. A tiny little virus is affecting the whole global population. A pandemic has more than health consequences. It affects our way of life, economy, practically every aspect of human life. 

Even though the company I'm working for is still open, they were forced to send some people on the government funded scheme of Furlough. You still get paid 80% of your wages but are required to NOT work for the company. How crazy is that? Government paying people to not work? I don't believe it's ever happened in history of mankind before. Still, it is what it is and we must all do our best to slow down the spread of this virus. Personally, and I do feel a little bad about it, I'm glad to be at home. I am one of these fortunate people who live in the countryside, surrounded by nature. It's calm, peaceful and a big contrast to constant human interaction at work. Right now I'm sitting outside listening to and observing the birds. 

The other plus of my enforced time off is being able to write. Finding time and energy to do it while working 45+hrs week is almost impossible for me. But now I've got two months to finish all the projects that I have started and never found time to complete. 

Aside from my current Reality book I'm working on (Jack's story) I do have a few others finished and not edited. They do not fit the guidelines of my current publisher and dealing with them was more effort than I was capable of for a long time. Maybe, just maybe, this forced time off will be just what I need to decide what I really want to do with my professional life. My job isn't a dream one, but it does pay the bills. But do I really want to continue as I am, mentally tired all the time and unable to write? Maybe it's time to weigh my priorities once again.

But to finish on a more happy note below is some peaceful countryside for everyone to enjoy :)

March 2020

I'm still working on the next book in Reality Series and it's giving me trouble. Jack has a complicated past but his love interest's is surprisingly enogh just as complicated. I finally managed ti get them through the biggest hurdles and to their first sexual encounter. Getting them here was difficult because of Jack's issues due to his captivity as well as some tension between the two men themselves. But they are now finally ready to build something real together.
This book is surprisingly giving me a lot of trouble. The characters just don't want to cooperate. I'm hoping now that they're past their worst hurdles, they'll finally become more willing to work with me, but I'm not holding my breath.
The book was meant to be finished by the end of 2019 but it's now March of 2020 and I'm still working on it. Writer's block or lack of strong will, wharever it is, it's incredibly irritating.
In the meantime coronavirus is on everyone's minds, a big distraction. But life doesn't pause even for a global pandemic. Show must still go on, and so I work like normal, 8-17.30 five days a week. A mentally draining job, it doesn't leave me with much brainpower for writing or anything else really. I keep meaning to try and create some kind of routine for my writing, but it seems just too difficult most days. Let's hope that spring will bring with it sun, warmth and more energy...

A quick update

I'm still working on getting back to writing more regularly. For now I'm just taking it easy. I'm working on a series of short stories that may end up as a young adult book, not sure yet. The short stories are all connected but there is no main thread linking them yet. I've got 25000 words already but I'm still mostly introducing the world and main characters. We'll see where the story takes me. I believe it's easier for me to work on those little snippets, because each single piece is a story in and of itself, and as such every finished one counts as a win in my head, motivating me to do more. It works for me for now, and I hope I'll work my way up to one of my bigger projects soon. 

Thank you for all encouragements, it means a lot.

Hell of a writer's block.

For quite a few months now I've been struggling badly with a writer's block. I tried quite a few things to get rid of it but it doesn't seem like anything's helping. And the worst part is that it's not only that the inspirstion dried out, I cannot motivate myself to do anything when it comes to my writing. I've got a few stories which are finished, in need of editing and submitting. But because they are slightly different from what I normally write they do not qualify for my regular publisher. That would mean either finding a different publisher or self-publishing. Just thinking of that is daunting to me right now. 

I could find excuses as to why I'm not writing. But the honest truth is... I don't know. I sit down to write and after a few sentences my mind will drift off. I catch myself, write a few more sentences and the same thing happens. I really don't know what the solution is. For now I decided to focus on this odd little story that came to me a few months back. It's very different from my usual writing. A series of short stories focusing on this young guy. It shows snippets of his life from childhood to young-adult years. There is no romantic interest in the ones I've written up till now, and I'm not even sure whether he's gay, straight or asexual. It seems sex isn't that important to him, so maybe demi-sexual? Anyway, because the stories are short it seems much easier to focus on than a full length one. Less intimidating in my current state of mind. 

Other things I tried to get over this block is doing some other creative stuff: drawing and photography. it often sparks my imagination, alas as of yet I had no luck. Still, I'd like to share some of these with you. 

The End of Year Reflections

Yet another year ends. 2018 was a year of changes for me. So will be 2019. It I hard to predict where the life will take me, but of one thing I'm certain, I will not give up writing.

In 2018 my job became increasingly more busy and exhausting. To be honest finding time and energy to write has been difficult. But the second part of the year brought with it more surprises. Beginning a new relationship was not something I was expecting. It seems that good things can surprise us though. Being with the right person can change you for the better. I find myself happier and more motivated, full of hope for more good changes. With that said I'm still in that state in-between where you plan something but cannot put your plans into action just yet. It can be nerve-wracking.

I’m hopeful for 2019. If all goes well I’ll find more time for writing. I guess the most difficult part will be changing some of my bad habits. So, writing plans for the upcoming year…

• January – “The Sleeping Beauty’s Castle” comes out on the 4th YAY! writing this book was fun. It’s slightly different from my other ones. A fairy-tale with a spooky twist. It takes place in the fairy-tale world of “The Prince and the Frog” and “The Sister of Seven Ravens.” The book gives us a chance to meet some of the characters from the previous book.
• First quarter of the year – working on another fairy-tale story. This one takes place in a different part of the fairy-tale world and involves another character we met previously. It’s untitled as of yet.
• First and second quarter – finishing a half-written story that’s been waiting for it’s turn for a while. It’s a first in a two part, loosely connected series. Once It’s finished I’ll edit it along the second part and submit them together. The third book that needs editing and submitting is a standalone for now with possibility of a second part.

I don’t like planning too far ahead as the stories tend to come to me unexpectedly messing up my neatly laid down plans. For now this will have to do as my schedule.

And Below Is the link to “The Sleeping Beauty’s Castle” Enjoy!

The Sleeping Beauty's Castle

Gard’s minor magical gift lets him see the darkness inside people. Knowing servant Falk is marked by the old god Veles, Gard blackmails the man to go on a suicide mission with him. Soon after, ashamed of his conduct he releases the man from his promise, but Falk decides to accompany him anyway.

A trip to the most dangerous barony in the kingdom to attempt to lift the curse on the Sleeping Beauty’s castle brings the two men closeness they didn’t expect. While their feelings for each other grow stronger, the danger that they’re about to face might yet prove deadly.

Discovering the truth about the Sleeping Beauty’s castle in the most dangerous kind of way leaves Gard on the brink of death and Falk facing his past. It will take a lot of help from Gard’s family to convince Falk that the two of them can have a future together.

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