…ten years ago, this ol’ Scots scribbler completed his first Jack Calder crime thriller, THE VIOLIN MAN’S LEGACY… I’ve shared before the exquisite sensation of floating, pink-cloud ecstasy of having actually written a whole novel… with no safety net, no helpers, and no idea that the addiction of becoming writer was looming large in my life… I was also unaware of my ‘wet-behind-the-ears’ naivete as a ‘newbie’ author… back then, oh, blessed innocence, I thought all I had to do was to send the finished manuscript off to a London publisher and presto, hey, I’d become a millionaire, literary giant in short order… Right? Wrong!… many, if not all, of my fellow-penspersons will have trodden the same route… eventually the cold, hard facts of a writer’s life began to sink in… the WURLD does not owe me fame and fortune just because I’ve written a book, nor indeed, even after I’ve written several books… as with most professions, vocations, or callings, it takes solid, continued, slogging WURK to make the whole thing a ‘successful’ (a much-vaunted and misunderstood adjective by the way, ‘successful’) enterprise… I listened to my peers… I followed sage advice… and became immersed in the ‘business of writing’… it matters not whether yeez are self-published or ‘house-published‘, the lion’s share of the post-writing ‘business’ belongs to the Author/Authoress… it means being present where it matters… part of that is being on the SOSYAL NETWURKS… not spamming, but letting the reading market know where to locate your literary masterpieces… becoming a blogger is not essential, but an enormous plus in my opinion… allowing a lot more interaction with others… writers, readers, the universe-at-large… and always learning from those who’ve marked out the pathways before me… equally essential is ‘giving back’ to the global diaspora of other quills-people… support bloggers and authors, especially those coming fresh to the excitement and wonder of this fantastic, creative profession of ours… and its okay to tag onto yer blogs from time to time, links to let folks know where to find yer stuff, as I do here… see yeez later… LUV YEEZ!
THE VIOLIN MANS LEGACY
VENGEANCE WEARS BLACK
SAVAGE PAYBACK
KILLER CITY
DEADLY IMPASSE
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you are such an inspiration to all of us wannabe writers!
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…mwaaah, m’Lady 🙂
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TFR, Jurassic
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…slainte, Mac !:)
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So very, very true… I’m just bringing out my third book in my trilogy on Sunday, Seumas – so I know only too well what you mean!
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…go slay ’em, m’Lady, Sarah… if you’d like to throw a wee Guest Post about it at me, with links c0ver photo, etc , I can carry it on my blog… email seumasgallacher@yahoo.com … mwaah 🙂
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Oh bless you, how kind, Seumas! I will take you up of your generous offer after I’ve produced the suitably over-excited post tomorrow…
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Reblogged this on Author Don Massenzio and commented:
Check out this great post from the esteemed Seumas Gallacher on how your work is just beginning as an author when you write ‘the end’ in your book.
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…many thanks, that man, Don… I note you enjoyed your travels!
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You’re welcome. That I did.
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Ain’t that the truth! 😀
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Reblogged this on Writer's Treasure Chest and commented:
Seumas Gallacher tells us about the life of a writer. Thank you Seumas!
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Well said good sir!
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Reblogged this on Musings on Life & Experience and commented:
Seumas has a wise word for new authors.
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