I wrote a music album cd and put it on CD baby.
It takes a lot of marketing to sell music or books.
I could do better selling my music CD playing live gigs in bars than selling it on the internet.
As far as writing literature, I have kept a journal since the early 80's. I learned to do that in English comp in
college. My teacher said, I should be a writer. Since I retired from law enforcement this year, I have been
spending a hour a day writing and doing writing exercises. Hopefully the exercises will turn into a story, then
the story into stories and then a book of short stories. Since I am retired I am not motivated by money, just
the artistic nature of writing.
I am inspired by Hemingway and Kerouac, two writers that did things, lived somewhat adventurously
and then wrote fiction about their adventures.
When I worked in the county jail, I would write an hour each night about the shifts activities and dialouge and
conversations with my coworkers and the inmates. Sometimes I would place a chair outside a cell and write
down the inmates conversations for material in stories. I would also go to bars and listen to the stories/
conversations being told at the bars and write it down in my days journal.
The time is coming when I need to go through my journals and notes and piece my notes into a short story.
Since I retired I have bought 3 books on writing and have been doing the exercises, for an hour a day.
I bought "The Truth That Tells a Lie","Stephen King on Writing" and "A book in a month"
So far I realize I am retired and not very motivated. I think what I need to do is find a contest to enter
and a deadline and that will make me write.
That is how I wrote and recorded my music album, I entered a contest and had a deadline.
