Yes, the same book I have been working on for 16 months. It has been moved to the back burner since just before Christmas but as of this morning I am happy to report it is on the front burner, flames turned on high and contents boiling over onto the stove. Nearly 6 hours of uninterrupted writing, rewriting and editing has made me happy, happy , happy and dare I say it ? HAPPY ?! So many hours strung together without phones or housework, animal care or family concerns, paperwork or whatever. I needed the first hour to remind myself of the characters names and some other minor details like the plot, but after that words came plodding out of my fingers. I can't type so words rarely "fly" out of my fingers but I have learned how to hunt and peck quickly.
My newest goal is to weasel a few friends and family members into reading the finished draft sometime in March and April before I send queries into agent land in May. May 17th to be exact, my 52nd birthday. The entire book writing process has been an uphill battle. Wes ? Can you demonstrate a minute please ?
The biggest problem for me has always been time. I enjoy writing very much so of course it gets done last or second to last as horse riding "jockeys" for last place. Pa dumb ching . But this must stop, or start, as writing is not just a pastime but must become an additional source of income for us as we as now totally self employed. To not write makes no sense. I have the skills (rudimentary my dear) and we have the topics, so many many of them , and when coupled with the market which seems very open, well ...opportunity knocks. Time (there's that word again) to put down the broom, or the vacuum and pick up the laptop. Time to get organized and disciplined. Time to decrease TV watching EVEN MORE. Time to get crackin', get serious, and get busy.
Time to take a nap.
Just a short one. Then its back at it, and very soon another excerpt from my book. Until then here is a reprint I posted on my blog back in September http://midlifefarmwife.blogspot.com/2010/09/book-what-book.html
I am soo loving this Donna!!! You go girl and follow that dream. Being an author and write is my dream too, and after being on my back burner for a long, long time God has been having me write a few little devotionals that I have shared with others and have gotten a good response---enough to encourage me to continue, and to haul out my notebook of story ideas. Grab hold of faith and jump---I am right (or is that write? lol) behind you.
ReplyDeleteHey Donna, great luck with the book. I soooo understand the Stop and Farm thingy going together. Glad you could get a break.
ReplyDeleteYou can do it! It really is true - you can do anything- Just not Everything! A day "off" isn't Just a luxury-it is a necessity. Run down batteries just don't hold a charge. And your giving a charge to everyone around you!
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