It’s hard to believe my latest novel, Dot in the Weeds is finally published and out there for the world to discover. But, it is. And, now, right on the heels of the elation comes what can best be described as The Published Novel Blues. Yes. You know, for all the months (and sometimes years) it takes to produce a novel, and then… with literally, the push of a button, it’s sent off to be published, and, like that… the creative process is over.
Writing A Series Djuna Shellam The Write OWL—Episode 16 Writing a series is my topic for this Djuna Shellam The Write OWL—Episode 16. As a reader first, I love the series. When I watch a movie, if I’m completely engrossed in it, I’m saddened at the end because I want more. The same, of course, […]
Regrets Equal Opportunties Episode 15 Regrets Equal Opportunities is the subject of this Wednesday’s Djuna Shellam The Write OWL episode. For me, my biggest regret in life has actually turned out not to be a negative, but more of an opportunity. Sometimes I allow myself to go the “oh poor me” space where I whine about “wasting” so […]
Genre Djuna Shellam The Write OWL—Episode 12 Genre is the topic of today’s Sunday episode of Djuna Shellam The Write OWL. It’s Mother’s Day, so it’s a short one. On that note, I want to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all the good mothers in the world. You deserve to be pampered, loved, adored […]
But the point of all this was to talk about what was the ultimate motivator that pushed me to finish writing projects. It’s so very easy, despite how much you or I love writing, to procrastinate, or to jump from unfinished project to unfinished project; or to be afraid of actually finishing something because it might be proof that we are not very good writers. I love writing.
In this Wednesday edition and 9th episode of Djuna Shellam The Write OWL video series, “I’m Not Em,” I address the notion that my character Em Martín might somehow be me. I understand, in some ways, why that assumption might be made. I’m not able to speak for other writers, but for myself, I can say that there is some truth running through all aspects of my characters and storylines, so that in a way, yes, Em is me. Except she’s not.
Intro To Alice Hollywood Book One The Em Suite Djuna Shellam The Write OWL Episode 8 Hiya. In this Sunday episode of my video blog, or blog, Intro Alice Hollywood, I talk about my first book in the series The Em Suite. I have so much I’d like to say that gets stuck somewhere in my […]
Holy Chickens!—Djuna Shellam The Write OWL—Episode 7 Welcome to this Wednesday Djuna Shellam The Write OWL episode—Holy Chickens! In this episode, number 7 to be exact, I talk about holy chickens,—real experiences in my life—and how I might possibly incorporate them into my writing. You see, for me, writing is an interesting combination of abstracts of my actual […]
In all seriousness, I do address the question to a degree in my video blog, but I’d love to explore the topic a little further here. The fact is, I write adult themed novels, and do include sexual scenes into my books; but for some readers, there’s either not enough of it, or it’s not explicit enough. What can I say?
In this new episode of Djuna Shellam The Write OWL, Djuna muses about the difficulty of writing versus speaking off-the-cuff.
