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Hold Your Breath & Let Go.

1/19/2015

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So, I had a minor set back this past week as I caught the nasty bug that's been creeping around our office. Let me tell you, what a doozie! It started slowly and grew stronger and way more annoying with each day. I had even booked last Thursday & Friday off to finish this editing pass of Tumble Into Me.
Thursday and Friday turned out to be the worst. Needless to say, I haven't gotten anywhere with my editing goals.
Okay, so I'm behind a week. I am not letting that completely derail my plans. I already have taken way longer than I planned. To be honest, I'm a little embarrassed about the agent I originally pitched to way back in...Oct 2013!! She was right. She knew I wasn't as close to completion as I thought I was. But a lot has happened in that time. My book has grown, improved and even changed from 'Going for Gold' to 'Tumble Into Me.' I just hope it will be worth the wait.
So, on the notion that I am not letting this one week set back throw me off focus, I've set new goals and still intend to have sent out my first query letters by the end of this month. That gives me...two weeks? No problem. I will make use of both my half shift at work on Wednesday as well as my day off on Friday to catch up to where I should have been by last night. This will leave me with Sunday to read my story from beginning to end out loud, to catch any odd sounding, awkward flowing statements. 
As I push forward, onward and upward as they say, I feel a stir of excitement within, and yet no nervousness! Which, I will take as a good sign. A sign that I'm ready for this long awaited next step along this path to publication. It's time! :)
And, much like we would if taking our first bicycle ride, or perhaps our first dive, I'll hold my breath, and let go!
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Wading through the World Wide Web of Writing Advice

1/5/2015

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So, this isn't the first time I have had this overwhelming feeling of derailment, of disappointment. After staying focussed on doing what needs to be done in order to get closer to that finish line, I feel dissuaded. I made some big goals that I would finish this editing pass and start querying by the end of January (which is already way later than I expected to be). Have been making steady progress and on target. And today, a suggested post by a former agent is enough to make me start the habit of nail-biting!
Honestly, there is a lot of writing advice out there that seem really good at amplifying a writer's own doubts.
We've all read the piles of 'things you should do before you submit' and 'here's what you need to look for when editing'...but no matter how much editing and revising is done, it's not enough.
The post I read today basically sums up to say, "It's still not good enough." And now I am sitting here wondering, really?? After all this, it's still not good enough? When is it ever going to be at that point then?
It feels endless.
And, while it's irking me the way a pebble in my boot would, I choose to not let it dissuade me from my goals to start querying by the end of January. Which, is much later than I intended to start as I have been constantly editing and going off of various feedback, comments, advice. This time, I choose to trust my own instincts and my writing and take this story into its next chapter - publication!
'Mark My Words' - 2015 - it's going to happen!
**I would love to hear your experience with the mountain of *at times* contradictory writing advice. How do you choose which is right for you?

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