Feeling sorry for myself

I don't really want to go into detail, but today I find myself feeling sorry for myself to the point of anxiety.

Yes, it has to do with the publishing biz.

This business is aggravating and frustrating. Sometimes I'm not sure I'm cut out for it. I mean, I'm strong. I've grown a thick skin, bad reviews don't bother me. There are certain aspects though that make me feel very alone in this business. Alone, neglected abandoned.

I'm know, I'm whining. If you're new to the biz, just got a book deal, be prepared. Yes, it's exciting and a giant accomplishment, but keep in mind, there are thousands of books being published every year. You are a very small fish in a sea of sharks. Go in ready to battle for yourself, your rights, your future.

Okay, I'm done bitching. Sorry for the rant, but sometimes it just needs to be done.

What's your favorite genre?

When I read, nowadays I read YA. I have books upon books on my to be list. I have enjoyed suspense, mysteries, and thrillers a lot though too. Some of my favorite authors from those categories are Dennis Lehane, Harlen Coben, and Michael Chrichton. Stephen King is probably my favorite author of all time though. He's really the only horror author I've read, aside from a couple Dean Koontz books. To be honest, though, I think the last book of his I read was The Green Mile.

If we're talking writing, YA obviously. Mostly I've written contemporary, but I'm now trying my hand at fantasy and sci-fi. I've got a couple adult projects on the back burner as well, and a couple more ideas for those as well.

That's mainly my problem is too many ideas and not enough time.

So tell me, what is your favorite genre to read? To write?

Introducing...ME!

So today is . A bunch of us bloggers are re-introducing ourselves, then checking out the other bloggers on the list that are participating. To find out more, click here.

So, this is me. I'm Megan Bostic. I am Creative Chaos. Why? Because my writing style, as well as my life is in a constant state of chaos. That's it. I'm a legal marketer during the day writer at night. My first novel, Never Eighteen was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt just over a year ago.

I'm also a soccer mom, vlogger, blogger (obviously), amateur poet, who likes to mess with graphic design, websites, and other crap.

I mostly write contemporary realistic young adult (YA) literature, though I have a couple adult books in the works, as well as fantasy and sci-fi YA. I do like to write about dark or sad subjects, as I think they are stories that need to be told and I like to write characters that teens (and adults) can relate to.

My two teen daughters, who I often refer to as Thing One and Thing Two, are crazy beautiful, totally inappropriate, disgusting, and hilariously funny.

I'm a fan of the "F" word.

I love monkeys.

I wear black daily.

I love kickboxing.

I'm also a fan of NFL football, soccer, and my children.

I have a boyfriend who's off the charts awesome.

I think I'm going to try my hand at self publishing this year.

Music and life are my inspiration for writing.

I think that's it.

Hoping to see you on your blogs. Please feel free to leave a comment. I love comments and try to respond to them all.

Have a great re-introduction day!

Flame Wars

I don't get it. The internet is such a strange place to communicate to begin with, then we create inflections and attitude in our minds about the way something is being said that perhaps we take it the wrong way and get pissed off.

Don't get me wrong, I've been in a flame war before, of course that person was vile and called people wife beaters, and ugly, and other horrible things.

But why to people have to air their dirty laundry on blogs and Facebook and Twitter? I mean, is public humiliation the only way to go these days? What happened to good old discretion? If you have a gripe with someone, send them a message, get their side of the story. Why do you have to plaster your personal crap where everyone can see it?

Do some people just live for that kind of drama?

Maybe when you get pissed at someone over the internet, you should wait 24 hours before doing anything about it. Don't act on emotion, act on rationality.

What do you think about people calling people out on blogs and other social media outlets? Do you think people deserve it or that these matters should be taken care of privately?

Flame photo credit:   Patrick Hoesly / Foter.com / CC BY
Crazy Kitten? photo credit: Merlijn Hoek / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND

Who cares?

Is anyone else just sick of media coverage on people and things that don't deserve it? 

Manti Te'o. The guy was duped. Yep. Guess what, people are taken by other people all the time. This guy got some publicity, others have had their entire lives stolen from them. Leave it alone. And really? Let's interview the girl who was in the photo? Why? She's nobody. She's never met Manti Te'o. Who cares if her pictures was stolen and used without her knowledge. It happens all the time.

Lance Armstrong. I'm sick to death of this story. He screwed up. Take his award, his medals and let the story die already. Does a guy like him really deserve all this publicity he's getting? I don't care what his ex-girlfriend has to say about it, even if she is Sheryl Crow. They haven't been together for seven years. 

Beyonce. Why are we even talking about this? My god, so she lip-sank. It's not like she was using someone else's voice or that she screwed up. We know the woman can belt out a tune. Leave her be. I'm sure there's more important things about the inauguration we can talk about.

Who cares about Kate Middleton's portrait? I mean, really?

Wes Welker's wife? She's a poor sport. So what? I see those all the time at my kid's soccer games.

I don't care 'who wears it best', the Kardashians, Lindsey, Honey Boo Boo. I'm so tired of media making celebrities out of nobody's, giving killers more air time than they should, drawing out stories that should just die a quick death or shouldn't be covered at all when there is so much else going on in the world.

Sigh.

I wish I could just hide from it all, but it's everywhere, newspapers, social media, internet, tv. I'd have to get rid of my electricity, my cell phone, and never leave the house again.

Okay, sorry for the rant.

And now back to your regularly scheduled blog...