This August marks my third year anniversary as a signed writer.
By now, I feel established as an author, comfortable, and yet I’m still excited and not perfectly jaded. Rather than brag about successes and mope about failures, I’d like to instead state where I want to take myself as a writer. This might seem a bit altruistic to those in the Writing Community, but these are my honest hopes and dreams.
1. I want to create expandable universes and expandable series.
What I mean by this, is, I want to create worlds and adventures where other authors and writers want to create within. Think of D&D, Star Wars, Star Trek. Basically, I want to tap into Franchise Media, where multiple authors write for Genmos, Nobilis, Remnants, etc, but, there is a reason why I want to turn these series into places for other authors to write. See goal number 2.
2. I want to give young or unpublished authors a chance to earn their #ampublished hashtag.
I remember how it felt to write for years without publishing success. I remember the frustration, the doubt, the anger, the self-loathing. What I want to do is work on stories with those who are enduring the same agony, and give them the hope, show them what’s worked for me, and, at the same time, learn from them. I want to see others succeed, and I want to see them become my friendly competition. I want others to be bit by the feeling of success like I am.
This brings me back to point 1. I want to build worlds and universes where, if an author is having a hard time, I can work with them and maybe, along the way, we can learn from each other. That being said, I am also planning to work more often with other authors on stand-alone pieces. It’s fun to one-off something, without responsibility to match other works from before, or risk screwing up the laws of another.
I might not be a multi-million dollar author, or a household name, but even so I can look and say, I have achieved something, and I want to share that feeling. Who knows, but maybe I just might find myself working with the next big name.
Thanks to Kyanite Publishing, I’ve already seen this happen with Remnants. I’d love to have it happen more often. If there are any writers or authors out there who are new and nervous or experienced yet stuck on ideas and want to collaborate, feel free to reach out.
3. I want my books to introduce a safer human environment.
I want my writing to make a safer space for my kids as they grow up, so now I aim to casually introduce more diversity in ethnicity, religion, and sexuality without slamming it in peoples’ faces or make stereotypes, but instead, bring it in casually, nonchalantly, as if it has always been that way.
