Rainbows and Classes

Sometimes the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is you.  Well, I don't know what else this picture could signify.

Anyway, just a quick update in the land of Cameron's writing... not much going on in terms of actually producing anything.  I am making some progress in terms of analyzing things, therefore I am suffering from some level of analysis paralysis, but I also decided to take the plunge into another endeavour:  Holly Lisle's How to Think Sideways writing course (that is an affiliate link so I get some kickback if you buy from there, but I am also taking the course, so I offer some endorsement so far of what I have seen as outlined below).

So - I've made my way through Lesson 2 so far (working on lesson 3) and what I have seen is that there is a method to the madness, and perhaps Holly is offering something that I have been searching for for some time - a repeatable process for building a better set of writing tools and creating novel after novel of good material.  So far, some of it is no-brainer type stuff, and I can't share the details, but there is still some good stuff in there.

I've been wanting to take her How to Revise Your Novel course for a while, but couldn't see plugging down the large chunk of change sight-unseen to do it.  But now, she's offering her big courses in tiny $4.99 bite-sized pieces for the Kindle (and other options), and I'm off and running with those.  I figure I can quit at any time, and I'm only in for the $4.99 for the last lesson since I thought it was worthwhile.  So far I have yet to feel like I have wasted the money.

I do think if/once I finish the HTTS course, I'll still look to take the HTRYN course once she has that "Kindle-ized" - and hopefully I will have a project worthwhile for revising at that point (or maybe time to dig up a trunked novel).  We will see.

Cheers and keep writing!