tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477143695543382552.post2908800330642726537..comments2024-03-11T07:25:29.540+00:00Comments on Nicola Vincent-Abnett: Firm, but, I hope, FairNicola Vincent-Abnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04865608045342419682noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477143695543382552.post-84321516816507551122012-03-22T11:15:41.724+00:002012-03-22T11:15:41.724+00:00I was reading James Swallow's introduction for...I was reading James Swallow's introduction for the second Blood Angels omnibus and he wrote something that struck a nerve, but in a good way.<br /><br />He wrote, "Ask any author, and they'll tell you we all bleed a little for what we write. It's the passion that drives us, and it never stops being cool when someone with that same passion reads your work and feels the same rush we get from writing it. We write because we have to. It's what we are."<br /><br />this is especially poignant for me, because I'd been fretting somewhat that I don't do enough writing. as in, I haven't finished a short story or novel, and would have to admit I'm not even close to. but on the other hand, this made me realise that it didn't mean I wasn't writing.<br /><br />between all the work I've put and still put into the half a dozen odd RPG campaigns I work on, plus the brainstorming and research I've done on the first 4 short stories I want to write, plus my own ideas for settings for series' of novels (some couple thousand text files worth) ... I actually do a helluva lot of writing, and I really should take that into consideration.<br /><br />that said, I'll be a whole lot happier when I can turn them into something that someone other than I can appreciate. unfortunately for now, to find them in their completed form, you'd have to look inside my mind ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com