Who’da thunk you could spend a number of months revising a couple of hundred words?
Well, you can.
It’s worth it to be sure, ’cause I like what’s there now better than I did before.
But my focus is kinda shot.
I’ve got a picture book manuscript in progress, a middle grade novel in progress, 3 manuscripts making their way in the world and now I’m ditching it all to do something I can’t seem to stop.
I have to admit, I love it when that happens…
(PS — I forgot about my new pledge to end every post with a gratitude. Sigh. I’m terrible at resolutions. So, backtracking to last Friday’s poetry post — I’m grateful to folks like Rita Dove who can find in themselves better words than I. And to Monday’s post about intentions and expectations, I’m grateful for our sweet little Christmas tree sitting all lit up amidst the spinny life at our house. And today I’m grateful for the muse. Very grateful. Oh, and for The Writer’s Almanac, which is on RIGHT NOW. Gotta go…)
You are a delight, did you know that? 🙂
Aw shucks. Well, thanks! That’s quite the lift…
Worms, Roxane, worms!
What is it that you’re ditching stuff in order to do? Enquiring minds want to know!
Worms is right.
I’ll give you a hint — it starts with a P and ends with a Y.
As you would say, Kelly, SQUEE!
Palmistry
Psalmistry
Pastry
Poetry
Pottery
Parsimony
Payday
Property
Prophecy
I’m guessing palmistry. But poetry seems like a real possibility.
Wow. A whole bunch of other ways to waste — I mean SPEND — my time. I love the idea of a little palmistry crossed with prophecy, followed by payday, but alas…
GOOD LUCK with all those manuscripts!
Just stopping by with a short bit of cheerleading for you,
Jules, 7-Imp
I love me a little cheerleading…
xxx