Book

I’m writing a book. Ever since I was little, I always wanted to be an author. I wrote “fiction” books about what I observed that went on at my house… and I’d use find-and-replace on Word to change everyone’s name, but one name got missed at the bottom, and it still said the name of my sister on there (she was the villain of the story of sorts, ha). Writing has always been how I process the world, and the book I’m writing now isn’t any different. Although it doesn’t fit neatly into a single genre, it’s more of a psychological fantasy with a thread of mystery. I’ve had the idea for this book for about ten years now.

For the last few years, I’ve been stuck in planning mode, trying to plan all the backstories, exactly what will happen in all three books in the series, and how everything will fit together. While that was useful, it paralyzed me. I’ve now started on my rough draft (I’ll talk more about how I finally got there in a journal post), and I’m currently deep into it; you can follow along in my journal for updates.

Once I eventually finish my book, I want the reader to be able to relate, to look at the book and see themselves in every part, understand and know themselves better, and re-examine their own lives. The hardest part about writing so far has just been actually starting. I’m only in the rough draft phase, so that might change as I go on too!