As you can see, the writing life is just like the movies. I have an assistant, a publisher ringing my phone off the hook because I’m late on deadline and they need the manuscript ASAP, stacks of notebooks and looms of paper. Books line the walls and typewriters and pens litter the table.
But if you squint your eyes just the right way, you’ll see the truth about a writer writing. This is how I bring you stories. This is where the work is done.
It so happened that on Sunday morning I woke up about 2:30AM fully rested. I tried going back to sleep but no success so I got up, made some coffee, and headed down to the studio.
There was something peaceful about recording in a silent house without risk of anything happening that would require my attention. And it was especially helpful for podcast creation but each episode takes about an hour to record then, including processing time, another 3 hours for digital work, rendering, and upload.
Often, my recording and creation is on a clock. Sunday morning, it wasn’t.
“A.P. Fuchs’ s Caught in Black Headlights highlights life things, all sorts of things, with a wondrous and unrelenting discernment and a brilliant sense of lyricism.” – John Urbancik, author of Annabel Lee, in Shadow
All right, World, This is how it’s going to be: Rhymes and verse Melodies rehearsed Across life’s rocky sea.
Listen up, Folks, This is how we’re going to play: Thoughts and comments, Displays of indominance, Making the rounds all day.
Read a poem, maybe two, Pick three if you wish to dare. Ramblings and coherence, Sometimes jots of incoherence Anything for poetic flare.
So get some eyes on some words And give the brain a try. You win some. You lose most. But in the end, Solomon said, It’s vapor in the sky.
Enjoy and explore, Please do, I implore. Let’s talk about life bizarre ‘Cause it’s pretty complex stuff Said Harvey Pekar.
For more poetry like Caught in Black Headlights, please consider Still About A Girl, a poetry collection of song and verse, love and loss, pain and gratitude.
Thank you to my friends on social media who always keeps things fun.
And thank you, dear reader, for coming to this blog and checking things out.
Month almost over.
Lastly, this morning I gave the go-ahead at the distributor for CAUGHT IN BLACK HEADLIGHTS. My hope is the listings will start popping up soon (sometimes it’s almost immediate; other times it takes a few days) so we can launch this Saturday. I will monitor the book then go from there.
Two more days then the weekend, folks. Hang in there. Almost done.
This just happened at the time the video was made. I decided to make the video a little fired up because the arts are all about honesty and honest expression so that’s what you’re getting here.
The same rules of manners regarding the follow up is the same for freelancers as it is for working in the public or private sector. This is it on how to be a professional freelaner.
This is basic stuff. We learned this in kindergarden. I hope you learn something from this video, especially if you’re new to the freelancing world.
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Authortube: A.P. Fuchs Superhero and Monster Writer Launched!
Did a pile of work this weekend, one of which was sending CAUGHT IN BLACK HEADLIGHTS off to press. If all goes to plan, it’ll be out June 1, 2024.
In the meantime, I’ve been doing a lot of Authortube videos so I decided to make an official playlist for them for you to enjoy. I also took the time to link one video to the next to ensure a smooth viewing experience. Please click the graphic above to be taken to the playlist. Also be sure to subscribe because there are plenty of Authortube videos coming, including a separate series on writing basics, the goal being that if you get the basics down as your foundation, everything else is just finer-point details going forward. Plus, if you understand the basics of writing–in this case, fiction–then it’ll save you a pile of headaches and frustration later come the revision process. It’ll also help ensure a quality book instead of the stuff being released today where writers don’t even understand the basics of writing and rush right into publishing.
Anyway, these Authortube videos are meant to get your head in the right space for creativity, the publishing business, and the craft in general.
Today’s we’re off to the races, er, to press to put the soon-to-be-released CAUGHT AND BLACK HEADLIGHTS into the publishing machine.
This video carries an assortment of behind the scenes looks into the my process of checking a book prior to press then going to press itself. If you’re a book production or creation nerd (I mean, book designer), this video is for you.
Peace. Enjoy.
Poetry coming.
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Authortube: Behind the Scenes | Caught in Black Headlights Poetry Book – Going to Press
Authortube: How to Get Past the Writing Wall | How to Overcome Writer’s Block
Writer’s block hits every writer once in a while. For myself, it only happened once until I figured out how to overcome it. That was over twenty years ago. This authortube video is meant to encourage you and put you in the right headspace to keep the story moving forward despite if you feel blocked. Without proper headspace, you won’t get anywhere anyway. It’s my hope that this video helps set your head on straight so you can continue with your story.
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A lot, actually. Asking a fellow writer for a blurb can be both easy or daunting, depending on the ask. In the case of CAUGHT IN BLACK HEADLIGHTS, the writer/poet I asked to blurb my book is someone I admire and, frankly, was a little bit nervous handing over the galley for it.
I write poetry, sure, but it’s not my main medium. I used to blast out poems non-stop once upon a time, but these days they’re few and far between. However, the approach to CAUGHT IN BLACK HEADLIGHTS is different than my other stuff and, it seems, paid off.
I won’t give away details just yet, but the book did indeed wind up getting blurbed by that writer and it will be used on the front cover.
Oh no! Someone bashed your baby! All those months–maybe even years–of hard work and somebody doesn’t like it. They leave a bad review and you’re stuck feeling like garbage. Or should you?
Veteran author and self-publisher A.P. Fuchs weighs in on a very simple way to handle a bad review.
Hope you find this encouraging despite it being blunt.
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