Happy Winter Solstice!

Finished: 1 issue of the serial to the editor; 1 and ½ issue handwritten

To do: 1 issue of the serial to the editor; 1 and ½ issue handwritten

Goal: To be 9 issues ahead by the end of 2004.

Tracking: Issue out as of 12/20/2004 – 39
Issue into KIC editor: 43 (must *gasp* write *gasp* faster)


These are lofty goals for today but I think I can get it done. I actually have to do some work today; I have laundry piled as high as those rugged Appalachians that I write about and my son has a basketball game tonight at eight o’clock. I also have to run by the mall and pick up one last Christmas gift.

Amazon.com made their last delivery yesterday so the children are all set to get everything on their list – and then some. I need to take the girls shopping for dresses for Church on Christmas Eve.

Last night was a very good writing night. I’m upstairs in my organized office, with my new lamp and glowing candles. I wrote Issue 43 on the computer which if you don’t read this blog regularly it is a task for me to “write” on the computer. I prefer pencil and paper to create and then edit on the computer.

Well, I thought I was five issues ahead and but I am only four. I want to be nine issues ahead by the end of the year because one of my goals for 2005 is to spend Thursday and Friday on my novel.

Reflection:

In 2004 I have become more disciplined with my writing. In the beginning of the year, I’d go for days without writing one word. Mid-year I worked out a schedule where I’d write at lunch and squeeze time to type either in the afternoon at my day job or at night after everything settled down. My novel took off and grew tremendously – not just in thickness but in quality.

In August I pitched the KIC serial and was accepted. I’m the first one to admit I was challenged by the serial concept and didn’t know how time-consuming it would be. I still struggle to stay ahead but I’m more aware that my writing is now my career and I’m committed to getting caught up and staying there.

Here is some excellent advice to live by as provided by DailyOM:

Exercise patience in everything you do and understand that change will take time, devotion, and hard work. Accomplishing one simple goal right now will make it easier to accomplish larger more difficult ones later on.

Must write. . .

BK