I have been contacted and approached on numerous occasions by people who think I should write about writing with 8 kids as a stay-at-home-dad. I had thought about this before but I tend to quickly dismiss the idea for a number of reasons. One of them being I could write about my process in about 10 pages. For some reason people feel inspired by my story but it's totally romanticized. I lead a fairly dull life, all I do is read and write and bark at the kids to clean up their shit.
I get it. I can create a beautiful cover, slap on a catchy and clever title, with a blurb about how I'm some superDAD who pumps out novels for a living. Hell, I'd buy it too. But the realities always settle in. What is between the pages? Sure I can probably whip up some "wordy" and "repetitive" manuscript and relate writing to a work-out regime such as plugging away at it every day, finding your "why", focusing on "action", not sugar coating success and inspiring writers, persevering to the very end by hard work and dedication, and then coming out a hero on the other side.
I am bringing this topic back up because lately I have had a record amount of people tell me they would love to read something like this from me. (people I know and don't know). Just because people say this doesn't mean I should do it. I have talked with a few close friends and some family members about this and have gotten their input. I think I want to put this out there to those who may not know me and to a group of people who are success driven to see what you guys think about the idea. Maybe we can toss around some ideas and I can get a better understanding of the realities of this potential endeavor.
So, what are your thoughts on this? Is this something that you think the market truly wants? Why or why not?
I get it. I can create a beautiful cover, slap on a catchy and clever title, with a blurb about how I'm some superDAD who pumps out novels for a living. Hell, I'd buy it too. But the realities always settle in. What is between the pages? Sure I can probably whip up some "wordy" and "repetitive" manuscript and relate writing to a work-out regime such as plugging away at it every day, finding your "why", focusing on "action", not sugar coating success and inspiring writers, persevering to the very end by hard work and dedication, and then coming out a hero on the other side.
I am bringing this topic back up because lately I have had a record amount of people tell me they would love to read something like this from me. (people I know and don't know). Just because people say this doesn't mean I should do it. I have talked with a few close friends and some family members about this and have gotten their input. I think I want to put this out there to those who may not know me and to a group of people who are success driven to see what you guys think about the idea. Maybe we can toss around some ideas and I can get a better understanding of the realities of this potential endeavor.
So, what are your thoughts on this? Is this something that you think the market truly wants? Why or why not?
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