Today, I got back to writing. I didn’t get a whole lot accomplished but I was writing so I’m happy about that. I also sent out my first newsletter today and got no bounces so that was nice to know! RWA sent me an e-mail with my PRO acceptance. I should have applied months and months ago when I sent out my first manuscript but I procrastinated.
I’m not sure what, if anything, I”ll get out of it, but I like the idea.
I’m at the point in my story when we all know the protagonists are in love, they just don’t know it yet. It’s fun but still I find myself wavering. I realized today that working on my site wasn’t a distraction from work, it was a breather while I regrouped and figured out how I wanted to handle the situation. Now, after two days of very little writing, guilt is forcing me to confront the story and get past this point. I already know the ending. What’s the problem?
I believe my problem is lack of reading. I’m still waiting on my B&N order and in the meantime I’ve gone three days without reading. That’s just too long for me. I write and then read and then write and then read. All writers are lovers of reading. It’s what make us want to write. We see a story, an idea, and then we run with it. My mom came over today and my sister (to go to dinner–we’re all Atkins people. Hubby, too.) and Mom brought an old Johanna Lindsey favorite of mine so I’ll tuck into that tonight and recharge.
On a personal note, hubby got a nice raise today. We celebrated with dinner at this fantastic Brazilian steakhouse in town. All-you-can-eat steak, chicken, duck, turkey–all rotisseried with a variety of seasonings, some bacon wrapped, some on kabobs. There’s also all-can-eat-salad. It’s heaven for my family since we’re all Atkins devotees.
Hubby’s outside watering my neglected garden. I’ve been so busy on this story and then the updates I did to my site that I’ve been bad about maintaining my flowers. I have at least a dozen plants in pots that need to be put in the ground but I haven’t got around to it yet.
There’s always tomorrow…
Hi Sylvia!
I am so glad to hear I’m not the only one that has to stop in the middle of a ms to read and recharge.
Only, sometimes it’s more procrastination than recharging!:blush:
on July 12th, 2004 at 10:24 pm