What I am looking for is a proper contract with a publisher or a TV or movie studio.I invested a lot of money [around 3000 to 4000 dollars] and want to reach as many readers as possible. Only ten people bought my novel and for starters, I am not expecting hundreds of thousands of books to be sold... a couple of hundred for a starter would be good. My ''actual job'' is a factory worker and I make only around 450 US dollars a month....and that is just good enough to pay the bills and buy some groceries and not much else. Just traveling in my country is expensive, and it's not gonna get cheaper. Not looking to become a millionaire but having 2,000 or 3000 Euros on my bank account would make life at least a little easier. Here is a sample from a chapter of my novel's first drawings of my comic which are based on my short story-Wonderful Story about a Girl with Papovka-some of my short stories and my brief biography. One short story is published in Slovenia in the fiction magazine Supernova and another in the UK in the magazine Schlock https://www.schlock.co.uk/pb/wp_796220a9/wp_796220a9.html and link to an English version of my novel it is also published in Serbian too https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strigorovs-forest-tomislav-takac/1140950904 Also I was helpful to Balkanska Smotra in Leskovac so they send me a thank you note. the story '' Wonderful story about a girl with Papovka '' is the one being adapted into a comic book. it will be finished in 2 or 3 months. We will publish the comic in Serbia next June in a comic book magazine, and probably in the Bulgarian comic book magazine Duga [rainbow] and maybe even in the Montenegro fiction magazine Athanatik
I've learned I need to treat writing and creative work the way I would any job. I show up at regularly scheduled times and I start typing.
The key to making this work, for me, is to release any expectations about the outcome of the writing session. If the words are sh*t today, they can always be revised or rewritten later.
The goal is to teach my brain two things:
1.This isn't optional.
2. There is no magical muse I have to wait for. I am the muse.
The great thing about being your own muse is you have the power to show up for yourself at the same time every day.
When I can’t find the motivation to write, I go on an inspiration hunt. Sometimes it’s as simple as visiting a shop I’ve never been to before. Other times it’s taking a day trip to a nearby town, or booking a night away somewhere. You’d be surprised how much our creativity feeds off of the energy of others.
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What I am looking for is a proper contract with a publisher or a TV or movie studio.I invested a lot of money [around 3000 to 4000 dollars] and want to reach as many readers as possible. Only ten people bought my novel and for starters, I am not expecting hundreds of thousands of books to be sold... a couple of hundred for a starter would be good. My ''actual job'' is a factory worker and I make only around 450 US dollars a month....and that is just good enough to pay the bills and buy some groceries and not much else. Just traveling in my country is expensive, and it's not gonna get cheaper. Not looking to become a millionaire but having 2,000 or 3000 Euros on my bank account would make life at least a little easier. Here is a sample from a chapter of my novel's first drawings of my comic which are based on my short story-Wonderful Story about a Girl with Papovka-some of my short stories and my brief biography. One short story is published in Slovenia in the fiction magazine Supernova and another in the UK in the magazine Schlock https://www.schlock.co.uk/pb/wp_796220a9/wp_796220a9.html and link to an English version of my novel it is also published in Serbian too https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strigorovs-forest-tomislav-takac/1140950904 Also I was helpful to Balkanska Smotra in Leskovac so they send me a thank you note. the story '' Wonderful story about a girl with Papovka '' is the one being adapted into a comic book. it will be finished in 2 or 3 months. We will publish the comic in Serbia next June in a comic book magazine, and probably in the Bulgarian comic book magazine Duga [rainbow] and maybe even in the Montenegro fiction magazine Athanatik
I've learned I need to treat writing and creative work the way I would any job. I show up at regularly scheduled times and I start typing.
The key to making this work, for me, is to release any expectations about the outcome of the writing session. If the words are sh*t today, they can always be revised or rewritten later.
The goal is to teach my brain two things:
1.This isn't optional.
2. There is no magical muse I have to wait for. I am the muse.
The great thing about being your own muse is you have the power to show up for yourself at the same time every day.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strigorovs-forest-tomislav-takac/1140950904 First 28 pages of my novel are available here as a sample.
When I can’t find the motivation to write, I go on an inspiration hunt. Sometimes it’s as simple as visiting a shop I’ve never been to before. Other times it’s taking a day trip to a nearby town, or booking a night away somewhere. You’d be surprised how much our creativity feeds off of the energy of others.
Oh bummer. Can’t make the zoom call, but I will look for the prompt!
It’s asking for an email address on the zoom screen, I have the passcode, but it obviously won’t accept my email address.