Let The Corporates Live Their Own Lives
What a beautiful full moon we had this month! It's Dyana Lunaris here again with your Full Moon blog.
I was thinking about restrictions today. Limits in our lives and how our jobs sometimes mold us into different people. I realized how lucky I was to be able to remain myself. I don't have to change my image like a rock star would. I don't have to hide my excentricities like an actor would. I'm free to be who I want, look how I want and spend my time doing what I want. Sure I chose a nom de plume but in the end that too was more for me than anyone else. I don't have to get up in the morning and go to an office or dress in a suit or pantyhose.
I have so much freedom to make my own decisions.
Many will say that it's because I work for a small e-book company as opposed to a giant corporate publisher. That the giant publishers have so many rules it will feel as if you are at just another job. I refuse to let corporate bigwigs push me around and maybe that means I will never make it big. Maybe it means I will never be "famous"; I'll never get that $50,000 advance; but in the end is that money and fame really worth my comfort? When I'm comfortable I write at my best and I owe it to my readers to always write at my best.
Some restrictions will make my writing better but too many restrictions will kill the story before it's even written. What's more important to you?
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