In my mind,
it should be spring. I know, we’re only partly through February, but I think
surviving January merits a reward, like more daylight, warmer temperatures and
a glimmer of hope that we won’t go to war with North Korea.
I’ve been in
hibernation, for the most part, trying to avoid the flu epidemic and finishing
another book. Oh, I don’t mean reading another
book. I mean writing one. And these
things take time. Lots and lots of time.
A successful
author once told me, when I was working on my first book, which took ten years
to complete, by the way, and it’s not that long of a book – she told me that if
I wrote one book, I’d write more books.
Evidently,
books are like potato chips – you can’t stop at just one.
At the time,
of course, I laughed right to her face. “Me? Never! I will never write another book.”
Famous last
words.
So here I
am, working day in and day out on book two – the self-help one, because who
better to steer you through the murky waters of worry and anxiety to the
pristine ones of peace and happiness than me, right?
Stop
laughing.
Here’s the
thing I will say about it – you can never dole out advice that the Universe
will not quiz you on yourself, just to make sure that you’re walking your talk.
So I say write a novel, because that way you can just make stuff up, and that’s
got to be easier than honest to goodness transformation.
I decided
to take a little breather, and by “breather,” I mean I have spent countless
hours listening to webinars on marketing and promotion and sales and other
words that make me nauseous, because, by golly, I want this thing out in the
world. And I also need a new coat.
I’ll be
honest, part of me thinks I should master the whole hashtag thing before
contemplating a grand marketing plan, but I’m a big picture kind of gal, so I’ve got
lots of charts and lists and a whole array of bright colored Sharpies at my
disposal, because no one said this can’t be fun.
Well, it’s
time to get back to book writing now…or watching Olympic snowboarding, it’s a
tossup.
Stay tuned
for more book and music updates!
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