Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Experimentation

I am officially a fan of being an unpublished author.

What freedom!

What joy!

What choices!


While I stil intend to work on Lodestar and all its needed revisions, I am fully invested in experimentation.

First short story?  Adult romance

First novel? Adult romance

Second novel? YA high fantasy

Third novel? Adult urban/contemporary fantasy

Short story of last weekend?  Steampunk and dragons

Next planned novel? Adult adventure

I love this freedom to explore and experiment.  Have I found my voice yet?  Maybe.  But perhaps not.  That's the joy of being unpublished.  I can experiment, write whatever I want, and seek out my voice.

I can play with the rules and buck tradition.

In other words, I have complete and utter control and the absolute freedom to exert that in whatever manner I see fit.

I love being an unpublished author!

What about you?  What do you love about the stage you're at in this publishing journey?
Posted by Stephanie McGee at 7:45 AM
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6 comments:

  1. Krista Van DolzerAugust 17, 2010 at 11:16 AM

    Love this post, Stephanie. So often we focus on the things we don't have that we lose sight of the things we do.

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  2. Melissa HurstAugust 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    I agree with you. Although I really want to be a published author, I enjoy the freedom I have now. No deadlines, no expectations. Just me being free to write.

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  3. Jolene PerryAugust 17, 2010 at 12:04 PM

    Same thing. I'm all over the place and I'm loving it. I'm loving having no deadlines and the freedom to write WHAT I want, WHEN I want.

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  4. UnknownAugust 17, 2010 at 2:41 PM

    I love this post!!! I love the freedom to choose what to work on, no deadlines (except for the one's in my head).

    Networking is currently forming friendships with no need of shoving a book down one's throat (not that I wouldn't if I had to!)

    Being unpublished is a great feeling and has perks just like being published does!

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  5. Michelle D. ArgyleAugust 18, 2010 at 8:08 AM

    This is great! I love all your different genres!

    I love being a self-published author right now. I can publish whatever the heck I want and nobody's telling me NO. I love that. I love that even if I traditionally publish I still have the option to self-publish.

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  6. MayowaAugust 18, 2010 at 10:35 AM

    Amen!

    I hope that we all get to write what we want even when we do get published.

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