Dorm Room

Around the same time I started writing Synergy part 3, I started writing a New Adult novel too. It started as a side project, just something else that was in my head that I needed to write. It was more laid back than Synergy, I felt it flowed easier at times, but, somewhere along the way, I fell in love with the story and it was no longer a side project.

I got some great comments online and felt more motivated to finish it than I did Synergy at some points. I was sad when I finished it. Dorm Room allowed me to add in my own personal past experiences. I may have changed them slightly to match the characters, but the frame work was all there, and so, in the end, the characters journeys were my own too. I learned things about myself, I reflected on those situations that happened and saw them in a different light.

Writing Dorm Room was in some ways, like a personal therapy session for me. Writing is therapy, whichever way you look at it. They always say a great writer writes about the things they know, and whether that's as black and white as writing a memoir, or simply injecting your own experiences into your characters world, it all works.

Dorm Room has been finished for some time now, and while I debated self publishing like the Synergy series, I decided there's no rush for that. When I first started writing, I wanted everything done yesterday, much like the rest of my life, but now, I've learnt these things take time. Maybe I will self publish Dorm Room one day, but for now, I'm sending it out to publishers. You can only try.