What's your book about?
For the longest time, that's always been a hard question for me to answer.
You'd think it'd be easy. That after spending hundreds of hours on a single solitary thing for a couple of years the synopsis would just roll off the tongue. But that's not the case for me.
At first, even recently, being asked what my books are about would make me nervous. I used to fear the question and nervously recite a rambling, unpracticed statement pulled from the depths of my unprepared mind. But that's not how I had to look at it. I didn't have to shy away from the fear of having to present a synopsis. I could change my perspective and shift my mindset, even if it scared me.
And over time, I did just that. The discomfort, the fear, it was all a sign that there was work to be done. That I had to sit down and just like the rest of the book, put the work in. Now all my book drafts have a definition of what they're about. An accurate synopsis that reflects both the core idea and the theme of the book, but also, more importantly, doesn't freak me out whenever someone asks me what they're about, and I think that's the secret.
Gloradel is a book about dreams. It explores what happens when those who came before broke the world for those who followed. It's The Last of Us meets Elantris.
The White Rose of Ganymede Station is a book about a son's relationship with his father. It's about a young man getting kidnapped by space pirates and seeing the world through the eyes of the people who've been left behind in a rapidly shifting galactic corporate culture.
Howl is a book about that moment when your life irrevocably changes and there's no going back. It's a western fantasy infused vengeance tale about a love lost and werewolf outlaws. It's Demon Slayer meets Tombstone.
Ultimately, I'll need to keep chipping away and putting in the work, but I think that's the secret. Maybe some people are lucky enough to have it all fall into place, but I think the majority of us are like me. We need to show up, put the work in, and keep chipping away. And as long as we keep doing that, everything else will happen in time.
Anyways, that's all I got for today.
Thank you for your time and I hope you have a great day!
Sincerely,
Josh Acocella
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