A part of being a writer is having ideas. Some of us have one, maybe two, really good stories in us our whole lives, and the challenge is to shape that story into something as close to perfect as possible.
Others of us, myself included, have what feel like too many stories. We need to get them all out or we’ll burst. But there’s never enough time. Write five stories, ten, a hundred, and it never feels like enough.
And then I look at authors like Alan Dean Foster and Terry Brooks and feel horribly inadequate.
Time is precious and limited, and we do not have the luxury to use it as we wish. Jobs and chores and other tasks come up, and so we must sacrifice the time we wish we could spend on things we enjoy. I have a job, and I cannot write 24/7 as much as I wish I could.
Therefore, I try to make my peace with it. I strive to focus on the here and now. I may never get all the stories inside my head onto paper, but I can try. And for all of you who feel the same way, who feel paralyzed by helplessness or fear that your ideas will never be fulfilled, remember: Do what you can with the time you have.
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Many thanks for visiting my blog. I post updates on my writing career, I muse over storytelling and fiction, and I reflect on the curious and wonderful things in life.
“Hermes is not having the best time. He walks a fine line, and his duty as messenger of Olympus weighs heavily on him. Being a god in the modern age means living in a world that no longer believes in gods. How much can one deity accomplish when no one respects him anymore? And why do his instincts tell him that he, the son of Zeus, is losing favor with his own family?
Tensions abound. The upstart Young Gods play dangerous games using entire cities as their boards. Formless monsters strike from the nighttime shadows, terrorizing hapless mortals. Agents of rival pantheons scheme to thwart Olympus’ designs. In the thick of it all, Hermes does what he does best: trick, lie, and cheat his way to victory.“
Jake W. Powell 