A writing day
I've finally gotten a taste of what life is meant to be in terms of time. The last few days I've been working a set number of hours, spending time with my family, my time with God, cooking cleaning (some), and not being so worn out I can't think straight every second. I actually slept 8 hours without waking up last night. I don't think I've done that since I started writing.
WHEW. I like not being on a crunch all the time. Perpetually behind and exhausted to the point of tears. It's not worth it.
Church is a joy, the kids are a joy (except I won't tell you about my 16 yo son's report card. OY did he ever get it from me).
I am nearing the completion of a massive proposal effort for a genre I've never tackled--I let everyone in on it if it does sell. It's a scary project for me. There is a lot of potential to fail.
But if I succeed, it will be a HUGE success. Only God knows. And He's being mum, so I guess I just press on and wait.
Been listening a lot to podcasts by Erwin McMannus, pastor of Mosaic in California and the writer of one of my favorite books THe Barbarian Way. I'm focusing more on Chasing Daylight right now, another of his books. He talks about seizing every moment. Taking risks. And I have to say...I have fought this new book I'm writing since the day the project idea was presented to me by an editor I'd love to work with for the rest of my career. This editor really gets me. Gets who I am as a person and believes in me as a writer--much more than I believe in myself, but I'm starting to believe a little--which might be scary. But still, after my first few minutes of excitement over the possibilities, I fought this idea in my heart. Fought it hard because it is so outside of my element. But honestly? I don't have peace to stop on it. So I keep writing. And the thing really is, I know as a writer, it's probably some of the best actual craft writing I've ever done. So even if it's not the one for me to completely write (in other words if it doesn't sell!) I'm happy with the effort I've put in. And I truly feel like I've offered this to God in a way I've never done with my writing. It's not even that overtly Christian in content, but its themes and symbolism are so rife with God that I can feel His fingerprints all over it. Anyway, I guess it's not so great to talk about your own work this way. Sheesh. I've never done that before. But this time off has energized me.
Oh, and by the way, I consider working on proposals as time off. LOL No pressure. Working for pleasure and possibility.
Peace~
WHEW. I like not being on a crunch all the time. Perpetually behind and exhausted to the point of tears. It's not worth it.
Church is a joy, the kids are a joy (except I won't tell you about my 16 yo son's report card. OY did he ever get it from me).
I am nearing the completion of a massive proposal effort for a genre I've never tackled--I let everyone in on it if it does sell. It's a scary project for me. There is a lot of potential to fail.
But if I succeed, it will be a HUGE success. Only God knows. And He's being mum, so I guess I just press on and wait.
Been listening a lot to podcasts by Erwin McMannus, pastor of Mosaic in California and the writer of one of my favorite books THe Barbarian Way. I'm focusing more on Chasing Daylight right now, another of his books. He talks about seizing every moment. Taking risks. And I have to say...I have fought this new book I'm writing since the day the project idea was presented to me by an editor I'd love to work with for the rest of my career. This editor really gets me. Gets who I am as a person and believes in me as a writer--much more than I believe in myself, but I'm starting to believe a little--which might be scary. But still, after my first few minutes of excitement over the possibilities, I fought this idea in my heart. Fought it hard because it is so outside of my element. But honestly? I don't have peace to stop on it. So I keep writing. And the thing really is, I know as a writer, it's probably some of the best actual craft writing I've ever done. So even if it's not the one for me to completely write (in other words if it doesn't sell!) I'm happy with the effort I've put in. And I truly feel like I've offered this to God in a way I've never done with my writing. It's not even that overtly Christian in content, but its themes and symbolism are so rife with God that I can feel His fingerprints all over it. Anyway, I guess it's not so great to talk about your own work this way. Sheesh. I've never done that before. But this time off has energized me.
Oh, and by the way, I consider working on proposals as time off. LOL No pressure. Working for pleasure and possibility.
Peace~
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