"From novel to movie..."

The cartoons are back! I often see posts on social media from people daydreaming about what they'd do if a producer wanted to by their novel to turn it into a movie. They almost invariably state that they'd only sell it if they had a say in what was done with it. Honestly, if a producer offered me MONEY to turn my novel into a movie, I'd let them do what they wish with it, from changing the gender of all the main characters to setting it in a different time period. 

Maybe that comes out as a bit...greedy? But hey, $ is $. And even if the film is rubbish, then you have the satisfaction of hearing people say that the book is way better. 

"The bog of..."

I'm currently writing the middle part of my NaNoWriMo project The Orchid Collector. And it feels a bit like wading through a swamp... But I trudge on. I am determined that this first draft will not join my collection of unfinished manuscripts. Even if it is written very badly, it will get written! 

My book of cartoons, The Would-Be Novelist, published last week, is available on Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1702470016?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

It's published!

The Would-be Novelist is now live on Amazon! To buy it, you can follow this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1702470016?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

"When you're so obsessed with a word..."

Some words appear again and again in my writing. I have, for example, a strange obsession with the word strange. People, buildings, landscapes, atmospheres, situations, etc., etc. are strange. Characters look strangely at each other. Everything is pervaded by strangeness. It's all very strange. 

One aspect of the editing I did on my novel was trying to get rid of those words I kept using again and again. I'm still wondering why I'm using strange so much... It sure is strange. 

"When you need a higher wordcount..."

Why use just four words when you could use more than forty? I hope that I will not have to use this ruse to reach my NaNoWriMo goals... 

"The Would-be Novelist" cover reveal

Here it is, the cover for The Would-be Novelist! Feel free to let me know what you think of it! 

Announcement

That's right, The Would-be Novelist, that compilation of about 50 of the cartoons I posted on this blog, will be published in exactly one month!
All the cartoons I will be using have already been scanned. The script is currently being edited and proofread. I will start the formatting next week. And next week I will also do a cover reveal. I'm very excited about it all!

"When I'm trying to write a short story"

I love reading short stories. And I'd love to be able to write some. However, I still have to work on the definition of short. It seems that I need several thousand words and dozens of pages to express myself...

"When someone asks me what my book is about"

Writing the book is the easy part. Writing several hundred pages... No problem! Just don't ask me to tell you briefly what those hundreds of pages are about. Writing them was enough for me. 

"I'm going to be productive today"

Who else is guilty of that? I'm trying to be more productive with my writing by giving myself goals and deadlines. For instance, I'll try to write so many words in a day, or tell myself I have one week to finish a chapter. We'll see how it goes! 

"Where are they all gone?"

A new cartoon! Hooray! Not really true this time, because all my ideas have not escaped while I was trying to write them down: I've been unusually productive lately and am really motivated. I haven't forgotten the book of cartoons I intend to publish. But I'm still trying to decide how to organise it... But I will probably make an announcement about it soon enough! 

"Cute picture or horror story?"

Cat + computer + manuscript = not always a very good idea...

"I should have a compensation"

"I need drama..."

"Starting the first draft of the first book..."

How naive I was when I started the first draft of As Winter Came and Went! Writing a book? Easy peasy! Publishing a book? Even easier.
Now I'm not naive anymore. Just tired at the simple thought of repeating that process again. Still, I must be a little bit crazy. Because in spite of that, I'm doing it anyway!

"When the story you're trying to write..."

And it's...a new cartoon! My stories have a tendancy to multiply as I keep having ideas for sequels and prequels and spin offs... Not that all those ideas will actually be turned into novels. But some...

"When I want to work on my novel..."

No new cartoon this week either, and no real progress on my manuscripts. So this one felt quite appropriate, 

"A novelist and her main character"

"Listen to your characters"

Have you read As Winter Came and Went? No? That's a pity... You'd be able to understand more precisely what I mean with this cartoon!

"If it was that easy"

Another repost, because I'm lazy, because several of the new cartoons I've created will be just for the book, and because I'm hoping that I've got heaps of new followers since I first posted this one, who will not have seen it already!