Curve ball…

From my photo archive... London and the Thames.

Life is a journey, and at this point I could use a multitude of other clichés, but I'll refrain. For at least the last 18 months I have been fulfilling a promise to myself, which was to write a minimum of 1000 words every week. The only exception to this is when I've been committed to editing work I'd already completed. I recently broke that promise, hence last week there was no blog post either...

Yes, life is a journey and it also comes without a guarantee, anything can happen, at any time. Whilst I don't wish to explain myself further, it's suffice to say that sometimes you just have to let go, stop holding on so tight and just let things flow around you. It's pretty hard to be an obstacle in the water, whereas it's far easier to flow with the current when you need to.

Since Dragon King and Olgrun were put on Amazon I've sold nothing, bar a few copies to friends. I'm a little disheartened that my work is simply lost in the sea of other novels that are available, and I hope that this blog of mine might just stir someone into giving this series, The Chronicles of Niru, a try.

I have achieved my 1000 word target this week and so Belus now stands at over 32,000 words. I'll see this through to the end, but may not stick so rigidly to my targets in the future. How I feel, my motivation, inspiration and state of mind play incredibly important roles. I need to listen to my heart more, when I truly feel ready to write I tend to find it a little easier, and a little more rewarding. Hopefully it results in something less forced, something better being produced.

That's it for this week. I know it's a short update, hopefully you may appreciate why. This blog or diary gets very little attention out there on the internet, at times it feels like a personal diary, aired in public for those who wish to read. This update, although short, has at least made me feel a little better...