Hello! Okay, short and sweet. Mostly because I feel the need to get something up, which has to do with my intentions for the year, which I will talk about later. I know it’s been a minute. I apologize for that, but I’m a work in progress. A lot has happened since I last posted a check in, and honestly, I’m not sure where to begin. So, I guess, we will start with the obvious.
Happy Holidays! I hope last year was everything you hoped it would be and that the New Year will bring you everything you deserve. I’m hopeful going into the New Year. My phrase of the year is: Follow Through. That sums up my intentions for the year. I need a change in mindset. I know all the things that need to happen. I am great at setting goals and creating action plans. It is the part that comes after which always gets me. Like many others, I have the initial motivation to get me going, but once that motivation fades, I struggle to continue on. In other words, my follow through is lacking. This year is all about working on that. Hence, needing to get something on paper and up on the blog. Not breaking promises to myself and no ignoring self-imposed deadlines.
New Steps
Last I left you I was prepping for NaNoWriMo. I did win NaNo! Go me. I had a major epiphany about Forge and Vine, which has completely changed the structure of the story. I rearranged a bunch of stuff and need to add several new scenes. I am deep into those revisions right now. Part of me is a little frustrated, but at the same time, this revision needed to happen. So, I continue to work one chapter at a time.
My critique partner and I are slowly working through each other’s manuscripts. In fact, we met up for dinner last night to go over the latest chapters we’d exchanged. I’m so grateful for her. She has already given me so many good insights and pointed out things that I just couldn’t see, and I know that the book will be better for it.
Living Life
I can’t remember if I complained about my back before, so long story short, I’m having a back issue. It makes sitting in one place for any period of time very comfortable. After eight weeks of physical therapy, x-rays, and an MRI they don’t know what’s causing it. In fact, I had a back surgeon tell me, “I have seen a lot of spines, and yours is gorgeous.” While I appreciate the compliment and good news that it isn’t something serious, it is a constant source of frustration in that I am forever battling with pain and stiffness that shouldn’t exist. i already struggle to get myself in a chair to work, now I also have to battle my body as well. I’m made some lifestyle changes that are helping and have changed my environment a bit too. I now have a standing desk, changed my work chair, and just got a new bed. I see a specialist in a couple of weeks, so for now I just need to continue to work on it and stay positive.
Break down
I am finally getting around to reading House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune.
It's a fantasy novel about Linus, a man who works for a government agency that monitors magical youth. He is a case worker who inspects orphanages that house these children and determines whether it should remain open. He is very good at his job. One day he gets summoned by the Extremely Upper Management. They give him a secret assignment to go to spend a month at a highly classified orphanage that holds children like nothing they've ever seen before.
I am really liking it so far. I have about one hundred pages left, and I can't wait to see what happens. I really enjoy the way Klune writes and the characters he's created. It's an easy read. Fun. I understand why it's such a popular book.
That it’s. Like I said short and sweet.
My goal is to post once a month this year, which would be double what I posted last year. Fingers crossed.
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