Author Archives: Adam Oster, Adventure Novelist

The topic of mental health is one that has long been important to me. As someone who regularly struggles with his brain deciding to act out in ways which don’t appear to make any sense, as well as a family history of a wealth of different mental health issues, I find it a topic whichContinue reading “Do You Know Where Your Child Is (Mentally)?”

Now that you’ve gotten a glimpse of my start as an author, I thought I’d give you a little glimpse into my current state as an author. First, I’m going to admit, it’s been a bit of a struggle to get much time writing as of late. But, a part of that is because IContinue reading “The State of Writing”

While there’s a whole segment of the getting your book out there story that I can’t give you a whole lot of insight into (as in: landing an agent and getting a publisher the good old-fashioned way), the reality for most of us is that after writing a book, we’re going to end up publishingContinue reading “SYWTBAW X: Go Your Own Way”

Alright, so, you’ve got a book, and you’ve sent it around to a few folks to try to get them to help you sell it to the masses, but you’re in the terrible waiting phase of hoping to hear something back. And, honestly, your anxiety about the whole process couldn’t be higher. You’re probably atContinue reading “SYWTBAW VIV: Round II”

Once you’ve finished a book, regardless of what you intend to do with it, unless you’re just planning on filing it away in some hidden corner of your house for it never to be seen by anyone, you’re going to have to face the hardest part of the entire writing process. Even harder than marketingContinue reading “SYWTBAW VIII: The Hardest Part”

Alright, so, you’ve written a book, you’ve edited (I hope you’ve edited it!), you’ve done everything you can do in your own power to make the book as amazing as you possibly can, and you’ve put down the red editing pen feeling confident that this is the best book you can possibly create. The questionContinue reading “SYWTBAW VII: What Now?”

Alright, so, you’ve got a first draft. Maybe you went off to write a second book instead of editing the first one, maybe you felt done and it’s been years since you wrote the first draft and you’re finally at a point where you want to see what you can do with it. Maybe youContinue reading “SYWTBAW VI: The Real Work”

So, you’ve finished your first book, and it’s in some state of completion. Perhaps you’re like me and you finished the first book, got to a point where you can’t look at it any more, and left it as little more than a first draft, while you try to find a corner to hide inContinue reading “SYWTBAW V: The Cycle Continues”

One of the most amazing moments I’ve ever had in my entire time as an author is the moment I finished my first first draft. When I put those final words to the page for The Legend of Buddy Hero, I quite literally couldn’t contain myself. I had done it. I had written the greatContinue reading “SYWTBAW IV: Patience Padawan”

About halfway through writing your first draft, you’ll probably reach a point in which you’ll really start to question whether or not you are able to make it as a writer. Part of the reason for this is because you’re going to find that you somehow became completely lost in what you were writing. Like,Continue reading “SYWTBAW III – But Should You?”