Another day as come and I am back in the studio. I sit here perplexed and wondering what is the best next step to make. I recently received another rejection on my new book concept and the reasons were the same. The big comment is that the story seems “too light”. So now I am back to the drawing board and it is challenging. I need to find the energy to get another project going. If I choose not to face the challenge today, It will be harder to face tomorrow. So with some hope that today I find a path worth exploring and some fear that I will find another dead end, I start another day.
In the Gallery
Digital Painting | Experiments exploring the possibilities of digital art creation
A-line | a series of 24 limited edition prints featuring whimsical line
A-doodle-a-day | a series of 100 doodles on yellow sticky notes
Good luck. Perhaps you might try taking a completely absurd idea and just sticking it in the middle of your rejected manuscript. A cheery little “light” story with a sudden monumental shift could take it in a direction you never thought of, even if the result is a little darker.
Look at Lemony Snickett – the more morbid those books get, the more kids seem to eat it up.