"I'm gonna write a book! :D "

Whoa!  Hold your horses!

Do.  You.  Really.  Know.  How.  Hard.  That.  Is?????

No, you don't.  Of course not.  You've never written a single thing in your entire life... and no, essays and reports don't count.

Sometimes these people joke that they'll write a book.  They think it's such an easy thing to do.  As easy as saying "I'm gonna go swimming! :D".  Nope.  It's not that easy.  Take it from me, I've been trying for... 5~6 years now.  The only novel I did actually finish writing, was the one I did for Camp NaNoWriMo.  It's not edited so it's not finished though.

And... and, and, and, I have this novel that I've edited about four or five times.  I've been working on it for over three years now and that's just Book 1 and partially Book 2.  Neither are finished.  I'm planning on having a Book 3, too.  Recently I figured I would have to write a Book 4 for it to all work out in the end.

And well, let's not get into the details about editing, shall we?  Let me tell you this, IT ISN'T EASY TO DO BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GET RID OF PARTS YOU LIKE a.k.a YOUR BABIES.  It's really hard to get rid of those.  But sometimes you gotta let go.

Next comes the publishing deal.  If you ever do finish editing, the next step is finding a publisher.  I often hear about authors who have gotten rejected tons of times.  I'm really afraid to send my draft anywhere yet.  Wanna get it perfected as much as I can first.

Even if they do accept your writing, what if the rest of the editing process doesn't go well and you never get to see your book?  But even if you get your book, what if hardly anyone buys it?

The book world is a tough one.

It's really hard to be good enough like J.R.R Tolkien or J.K. Rowling or Stephen King.

Well, if you do "write a book" and I don't mean like a first draft, I mean a Book.  Capital "B" Book.  You can only call it a Book once its been published and bound together and distributed.  Then, alas, finally, you have written a book.  But until then, all you have are drafts.  Nothing is ever complete, you know that?

The novel I told you about, the one that has Book 1~possibly 4?  I keep editing and editing and editing and editing and editing... never ending editing.  I betcha anything even published successful authors like J.K. Rowling don't feel like their book is perfect.  It's never perfect.  So, well, you have to come to this... stopping point, I guess.  You have to find a place to put your foot down and say, "Okay, it's good enough."

My dream is to see my book at a bookstore and people buying it and enjoying it.  Not much about money and fame.  Sure if it gets it it's a plus but not everything has to be about money and fame.

Those of you out there, wanting to write a book for money and fame, not gonna go so well.  Let me tell you that.  NOT gonna go so well.  You might, just might get money but fame... I'm not sure.  Looks kinda grim.

Well, anyway.  Someday you might see a book written by N. J. Folettia.  Until then, this blog is probably the closest thing.

So you wanna-write-a-book people out there, think about all the responsibilities first.  Sorta like caring for a pet.  Think and then act.  Don't act and then think.  Do it in the write order (pun intended).

This is the sort-of cover for my future book.  Liaffon (Lee-ah-fawn).  The image is taken from the Internet.  What I really want is a glamorous city beyond the hills and the title should be golden embossed letters.