So I don’t think it’s a secret that I’m working on other creative projects in addition to my novels. My novels are my love, they’re the soul and spirit of what I do. I love writing (not crazy about editing, but it’s part of the process and so I do it with joy as well).
But “writing novels” these days involves a LOT of not-writing-novels. Writing blog posts, for example! I don’t mind this, although it was occasionally a real struggle to remember to do it (which, if you look at my history of blog posts, you will see from weeks I’ve missed posting). But also creating and maintaining a website. And a social media presence. And converting documents into ebooks. The dream one day is to be successful enough that I have people who will help with this stuff (the ebook stuff in particular would be amazing to hand off to somebody else), but for now I’m doing it all solo.
Which brings me to the other creative projects I’m working on. Several of them are going to be on YouTube, but that means I’ll probably need/have my own website for that side of things as well. I don’t want it clogging up my novel website, after all. And there’s a podcast in the works (I’m a white man, of course there’s a podcast in the works), which means an RSS Feed and hosting for it as well…
Just thinking about this stuff exhausts me. I want to do the creative stuff, the stuff I love, and I don’t mind the work that surrounds it, but it’s just not a passion. I wake up every morning excited to learn more video editing, more audio editing, more ways to write scripts and books… and I drag my feet through the mud of learning website hosts, or how to create a newsletter email list, or if it’s worth posting on Facebook or Instagram or whatever.
But it’s part of the job. And so because I do truly love creating, I guess I’ll do it.
I hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!