E. C. (Gene) Ayres Blogspot

Greetings, literary pilgrims. Welcome back to my madness , to paraphrase my editor. Today I will blog--even flog, if required--you, dear readers (alliteratively speaking) with methodology, because that is what young and/or emerging writers and authors seek to learn. Preferably for no charge (well, I might pass the proverbial hat, later, but only for new readers). In my most recent blog, of January 26th, I disclosed my recent history, and failed marriage. Writing material, of course. But primarily as an excuse, I suppose--looking over my shoulder like Donovan in 'Season of the Witch,' the playing of which is in fact the mood setter for my first book, ' Hour of the Manatee .' So, to the subject at hand: establishing a routine . Here's mine: 1. Wake up at a regular time each day. Every day. 2. Make coffee, make breakfast, drink coffee, eat breakfast, brush teeth (the amount of money spent--and wasted--on orthodonture, dental care, and more dental care ad i...

Comebacks don't happen over night. Well, except in books, of course. Fiction and all that lot. And of course lurking in our dreams, wishes, fantasies, hopes, and expectations. Righteous and otherwise. But an author often has little to go on but those hopes, expectations, and dreams. And the ability to summon the discipline--and energy--to forge onward into the unknown. I do that on a daily basis, because I must (the importance of routine and ritual a subject for another day. Or week. Or month. My bad about the latter, but those two months were what it took to next the next of my Florida-based Tony Lowell Mystery series to release, which has now occurred (see below). What other purpose might a past-middle-aged author have, after a brief splash of fame back in the '90s. Before the turn of the century, as it were. TC2, to coin an expression? Major publisher (St. Martin's), major agent who prefers to remain anonymous, major book tour, now somewhere back over the rainbow...