Comments on: Confessions of a Tired (Aspirational) Writer.

By: Anthony J. Langford

Anthony J. Langford — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:18:12 +0000

Yes, I almost update too but then it would take my Google+ profile and remove my blogger profile, which I didn't want. Silly.
btw i'm impressed with your energy Graham – how do you find time to work, write and exercise like that? You make me feel exhausted! And I was exhausted to begin with!

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:57:48 +0000

I have changed back from google+ comments because I read that only people with google+ accounts were able to comment on blogs linked to google+, that is really moronic google.

By: Anthony J. Langford

Anthony J. Langford — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:41:28 +0000

Sorry to hear about your tiredness Graham but you are very active – youre making me feel very lazy and guilty!

As for your writing, I have to agree, you're doing great, so I wouldn't be so hard on yourself. A novel a year sounds about right and with your epic, its already three novels in one. (I hope you try to sell it as such – I don't think you'll find a publisher willing to publish a 200K novel.)

Anyway, best of luck.

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:59:15 +0000

Graham,

I would still love to write more. But today my asthma has me feeling blah. Oh well.

By: graywave

graywave — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:51:49 +0000

Graham, My wife has XXX and I have seen her struggle with chronic tiredness for many years. So I definitely sympathise. However, I've got to disagree: 4600 words a month is plenty for someone who hopes to be a published author. It's 55k words a year, a full-length novel every two years. I'm a published author and there were many years in my past when I wrote at that rate. At 55k per year, as the decades go by, the "bottom drawer" soon starts to stack up with finished manuscripts.

At your recent 11.5k words per month rate, you'd easily finish a novel every year. A higher rate of output than a good many published authors. So I'd definitely say, on the figures here, you are in the right ballpark.

So, don't be so hard on yourself, stop writing 200k-word super-sized novels, and relax. It sounds to me as if you're doing just fine.

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:37:48 +0000

Thanks Karen.

By: Karen Tyrrell

Karen Tyrrell — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:13:11 +0000

Hi Graham,
Read your post on your "tiredness" fighting with Crohns Disease.
I can empathize.
My son was diagnosed with it seven year ago and is now in remission with medication, a healthier diet and a Stress-less lifestyle.
Living a stress-lfree life is the key to RECOVERY, as it is with all illnesses.
Please take care.
Hoping you'll find more time for writing … Karen Tyrrell 🙂
Author: ME & HIM: A Guide to Recovery