Quirky Perceptions

As this websites has changed to basically be about my hobbies and creative projects, I thought I would start writing about my passion project, The Exodus (working title) that I have been mulling over for years now. I always wanted to write a book, it was that thing that everyone should, or at least my childhood seems to have pushed that on me. After spending an inordinate amount of time in the library reading everything from Yoko Tsuno to the basics of Ninjitsu by some american ninja fella who name eludes me today.

By now, I have writting over 15000 words in my lore/scene ideas file, but have decided to start afresh on the actual writing where I am currently at 1750 words give or take. And the promise to me, and I suppose to you, is to add 1250 words every week, 250 a day with the weekend as a natural break to muse things over.

The reason for the extremely low word count is that my harddrive is littered with failed attempts, drafts, ideas, characters and scenes that have served no purpose since I began my journey. For this reason, the aim is only to get words on page and routine established throughly.

Will this ever end up as an actual literary work, reviewed and possibly even published?

No idea.

The reason I am writing this is to at least keep myself somewhat accountable and to share some of the troubles and worries I have and have had since I started and to tell you, that its ok to go slow and just start. Maybe it will go nowhere, but at least I will know that I tried for real. At least this once.

That also means that you can start as well. Be slow, start with a notepad and a pen, or your phone and Notes. Does not matter. It only matters that you tried.

Now, if you read this far, I will now tell you about my book. Without spoilers and real plot, because that is still being worked on.

Basically, its a scifi retelling of a story a refugee friend once shared with me. The basics will follow what she shared, but take a bit more of a fantastical turn, despite the horrendous starting point. Where that will go will be interesting to see. If anything, I hope to touch on something in the human condition that, despite what she was forced to go through as a child, was very much present in her. A joy of being here, displaced but still here with us.

Thank you for reading.