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Friday, June 27, 2008

Writing-- Career or Hobby?

My writing is a source of both delight and frustration to me.

I think my biggest issues are time and indecision.

Time is obviously a problem since I'm a full time working mom. There are times where my priorities cannot be writing. Also my writing physical set up is not the best. In a small house with a family of five it is hard to find peace and quiet! Lucky for my writing I spent many years teaching preschool and am great at tuning out ordinary conversations.

But indecision is the bigger problem. What should i work on now? Who should I sub to? Should I invest more work into this publisher, or that publisher, or try to get in with Stupendous EPublisher? Should I go for that series? Would anyone buy that high fantasy with not really humans?

I think too much. Some things I just can't know. Sometimes I wait for a green light that will never come.

I do know there is no sure thing or magic formula to writing success. Yet still I hesitate!

I think this issue is what I really need to get to work on!

Saturday, June 21, 2008



I have two new publishers and know I need to quit being so scattered! It is time to have a plan.

I do have another vampire story set in the same 'vampire world' as RBAV coming from Wild Rose.

And I have a fantasy novel in edits, plus two novella length futuristics in a series, and another futuristic which needs some rewriting, and a paranormal shifter for an established line... In other words, there are several WIPs in my files that could be ready for submission this summer.

And I'm fluttering around looking for a place to land.

This is why I am so good at deadlines. They help me focus. Without them, I flutter.



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