Romantic Fiction Updates & Check-ups with Canadian Indie author Rusty Blackwood

Haven’t totally dropped off the radar — not yet anyway as I am encompassed in revisions on my up-coming romantic fiction – romance/drama “Passions in Paris: Revelations of a Lost Diary, due out in May. Putting the finishing touches on a 772 page novel is no easy task, certainly not something the faint of heart would relish — even tackle — but it is necessary to bring a finished title to fruition.

I sometimes wonder myself why I do this but the explanation does not require explaining other than to say I love it. I love the inspirations, the emotions, the creativeness to writing a story that grows within me, within my mind as well as my body, and bring it to life on paper as well as a computerized screen. It’s like watching and feeling the growth of one’s child grow within one’s self, and then marvel at the birth. A novel really is like a child, and the author views it as such, and loves it fully as much.

I found an article on my Facebook from the  good-old writer’s watch-dog, Writer Beware® with regard to profits from writing — in other words the starving artist and why they continue to write and chase that perfect story when there is no guarantee they will earn a single dime – let alone become the next multi-millionaire — but if you are a true writer you do it for the love of the craft. Compensation is definitely welcomed, and unforeseen riches extra gravy.

We all would love huge advances – though in reality they are few and far between, and anyone ( for that matter any writer ) who thinks putting pen to paper or type to screen is automatically in line for a huge pay-out is badly mislead.  Yet regardless of the love of the craft, anyone who writes and publishes – be it indie or standard – is doing it with hopes of profit. I would be lying if I said any different, but not everyone receives their worth.

The information obtained through the URL below is worth taking the time to read, whether you’re a writer, or whether you’re simply interested in the way the literary world usually is for the writer.

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/15/hey_amazon_wheres_my_money/

Comments are always welcome and encouraged regardless of the topic, for the views and opinions of those who like to read what we, as writers offer, is most important when it comes to planning that next story.

And as always, support your local authors, as well as all your local talent in the Arts.

Rusty.

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