I’ve been catching up on some TV of late and I’ve become quite taken with Titans (live action version, sorry I couldn’t find a TV fair use copy as both Robin and Starfire in it are *extremely hot*).
The whole theme of, your life has changed: who are you now? It has been hitting hard. I know I bang on about the life of a writer/carer on here a lot, but the whole theme of Robin, who thought their life would turn out different, needing to write a new internal narrative for themselves is something I’ve been thinking about a lit
In my case the life shift was to being a carer and I feel like I’ve been failing to process it or deal with it in the same way he has. Except with zero vigilante vengance. Honest.
I don’t know about you lot, but I’ve got a whole ‘needing to feel like I’ve achieved something that was quite good’ kind of thing. Does everyone have that? I dunno. What I do know, is that a job as a stay at home carer doesn’t give it to me. Caring, for me at least, is not rewarding. It’s a backbreaking, thankless, necessary, drudge and I feel like I’m piss poor at doing it to boot. So not a great deal on the rewards front. Don’t be fooled by anyone that tells you ‘being a carer is it’s own reward’. I can’t speak for anyone else, but I know a few carers and no-one’s feeling that rewarded. Clapping notwithstanding.
So for me writing it is. I need to get it out there, have it read, have at least some people like it and enough people buy it to make a living out of (still working on this bit.) And that all comes with its own reward challenges: If nobody buys it does that mean it’s shit? I know the answers to most of these questions, but I thought I’d download my brain this month as it’s been a tough one. Quite a lot of wipe and not all that much write. Hopefully I can cram more write in now things are as settled as they’re going to get in 2022.
News Updates: This year I’m going to be at Reclaimation 2022, the SFF conference of the British Sci Fi Association. I’m doing a panel or two and I’ll be around all long weekend. I’m super excited.
Writing updates: Most of my writing work has been aimed at the Cady Grey thrillers series and there are two updates: the audiobook for The Wheels of Cady Grey, with narration by Sarah-Jane Rose, is in post-production and will be released in May (hopefully). The second book in the series is racing along too. More details to follow on that as I get them.
Feel free to catch up with either of the books here, and that will be where any updates of buy links will be as they become available. That’s all for now. Stay safe!
