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After so many years I feel like I've finally mastered my writer workflow, but if anyone so much as mentions a civilized sleeping schedule, buddy you're out of luck I can't help you.
Wake up at 5 AM routines for high productivity? Can't relate, I'm genetically engineered to write 2k words in two hours at 3 AM and then spend the following day in a daze only cured by multiple mugs of heavily steeped black tea.
The muse wants what she wants and her will must be upheld, I don't make the rules.
every writer: i love my characters so much, they're my babies & i would do anything for them, absolute sweethearts also every writer: that one dies, and that one goes through fire and brimstone, and that one gets abandoned and lives through his worst nightmares, and that one loses everything he's ever loved, and-
© S.K. Lumen, from Celtic fantasy series Arcanum of Thorns (Book II)
© S.K. Lumen, from Celtic fantasy series Arcanum of Thorns (Book II)
-- Char, to Kaodhan Deodar.
I'd just like to tell you how much I appreciate you, your art and your writing. Whenever you post, I become a little bit more eager and determined to work on my own book, and even try to illustrate it.
Oh my gosh, that's such a sweet thing to say!
I was just happily off with the pixies in my imagination, working on Book II for the series (and brainstorming ideas for this Inktober), and I must say, nothing compares to the joy and satisfaction that comes from honoring your art. From letting your creativity run wild and just playing around with ideas until you create a world of your own that feels like home.
When I return to my books after spending too much time away, I remember what I stand for, what truly matters to me, and how magic colors everything if I only open my eyes to it. Life is not the same without that magic, no? 💚
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and please never give up on writing and art, on whatever your true dream is.
I promise, it's worth it in the end.
Much love,Lumen
