CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

In his blog entry of the 6 th June 2012, Pen Monkey, Chuck Wendig, shared this advice on his Terrible Minds blog : “Finish your shit” ( http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/06/06/the-secret-to-writing/ ; Chuck Wendig) and “Try very hard not to suck.” ( http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/06/06/the-secret-to-writing/ ; Chuck Wendig) Why do these stand amongst my favourite quotes?  Because the first reflects where I was at with my writing at the time and confirmed what I had started to do to move it forward, and the second reflects one of the fears that gets in the way of many writers publishing or submitting their work for publication.  So, even though we've never met, thank you, Mr. Wendig.  

There are some who mourn the death of publishing as we know it, but to me it’s like wishing we could have the plague back, or getting nostalgic for the feudal system. ( Colin Falcone r on the Write it Forward Blog , March 4 2012) Just sayin’… ‘Cos it made me laugh, and then it made me think, and then it made me remember all the blogs I’ve read as I researched which way was best for me to go. It doesn’t have to be the only way, and it may not be the right way for everyone, and every writer must choose which publishing method or combination of publishing methods is best for them or so I keep hearing from the numerous blogging posts from writers like the guys at Write it Forward , Joe Konrath , Dean Wesley Smith , Kristine Kathryn Rusch , David Gaughran , and Passive Guy , just to name a few. Every writer must choose their own path, but learning about the paths available so we can tread them with a modicum of safety can only be done by listening to the experiences of others g...