The Long Road
While I’ve always wanted to be a writer, for far too much of my life I wanted to write a first draft, be praised for my creativity, and have that draft magically transformed into a bestseller by some random alchemy that had nothing to do with me working on it myself. I wanted all the …
Continue reading The Writing Life: Why Now?
In the previous countdown blog, I felt like I was strapped into the capsule, no turning back. However, it is not enough to simply strap yourself to the top of a rocket and declare the job done, you need to control the engines, and maybe even be able to steer the thing if you want …
I’m not sure if I ever actually chose to be a writer. It seems to have always been with me, as natural as breath. If I had to point to one event that set me on the road, it would be my mother reading me The Hobbit when I was five years old. I was …
Well, I’ve gone and done it. The Thief and The Demon, my debut novel, is scheduled to be formatted. The cover has been designed, so now all I have to do is wait until the formatted text and the cover are united, and it will be time to upload. I feel like I’m in the …
I’ve blogged sporadically for a few years now, but with the publication of my first novel fast approaching, I thought it appropriate to reintroduce myself. My name is Roderick T. Macdonald. I am 46. The age surprises me often. Time kept slippin’ away, and here I am, in the future. I am a writer. I …
For me, a line from this song really captures the amount of work involved in writing a novel. "Every time I climbed the mountain, and it turned into a hill..." So often have I thought I was nearly done, that surely it would all be over soon, only to discover a new mountain of work …
***This post contains spoilers about Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, stop here if you have not completed it!*** So I finally finished reading the Wheel of Time, twenty two or three years after starting it. I am so glad I did. The ending is worth the wait, or it was for me. I read …
Keeps on Turning. And Turning. And Turning. This blogpost will be long, as befits its subject. And meandering. Ditto. Just me blethering in circles around a great series in fantasy. You have been warned! Now for some tea and chocolate, and let's be on with it! In the spirit of booktube - what have I …
And still I think of you. I'm going to continue opening with a song. And then listen to what follows as I write this entry. I've been thinking about new blog posts, but they did not manifest. I'm not sure why. At first I didn't want to do that thing where you start with a …
Seems appropriate after three years. And is a fantastic song. It has been a while. Life happened. Hello again! *waves* I decided to blog again because it felt right to do so. The Thief and The Demon has been professionally edited, a developmental and then a line edit. What a difference! The 21 steps taught …
