Thursday, December 28, 2017

Reflections on 2017...

Greetings,

I also posted this on my Facebook page, as it was apparently going to be unpublished due to lack of activity...  

Things that I have realised over the course of the last year (roughly increasing in importance):

1) I have a LOT of book ideas
2) The stories I began writing for the "Episode" app are better suited to be in book format, so they're going to go into my queue for books to write.  I may or may not continue to write for them on the app.  Coding is a bit of a pain, though.

3) I have to work on my crippling fear of failure, which looks a lot like procrastination to outsiders.
4) If I want to do this for a living, I actually need to do it and stop just talking about it.
5) My family is the most valuable thing in my life. Working in a job that made not only my own health and happiness suffer, but also was slowly destroying my relationship with every family member was not worth any money. I regret waiting too long to quit after I had come to the conclusion that the job was not for me, and having someone else make the decision for me by laying me off.
6) Work friends are not always outside of work friends, even if you're friends on FB. Real friends are there to help you weather the foul weather (figuratively or literally).
7) Love and accept yourself, for the good and more importantly, the bad.

Monday, September 25, 2017

Blog Revamp

Salutations!

This blog was all about nerdy fashion, but I've cleared that all out so that I can use this as a blog about my writing.  I was laid off a few months ago, and it was a terrible experience.  It was also a useful learning experience.  From the cinders of what was left of myself, I have found that the only thing other than my family that I care deeply about is my writing and telling the stories I have in my head.  No one else can tell them for me.

I've been watching videos about writing on youtube, listening to podcasts from people in publishing, or self-promoting, and trying to figure out just how to go about finishing writing my first novel, publishing it, etc.

One of the most powerful things that I heard was on the Creative Penn podcast.  The guest speaker from The Worried Writer podcast, said that she realised that she had to decide when she was good enough to call herself a writer.  She hadn't felt good enough when she got an agent, or a publishing deal, or even had her books in stores.  She eventually decided on her own.

Yesterday, I applied for People School by Vanessa Van Edwards and the people at Science of People.  In the application, I put "Writer" in the current title box.  It took some coaxing myself to do it, but I finally did it, deciding that I am good enough to call myself a writer.  I got an email today that I was accepted into the course and I couldn't be happier!

I am following my dream of being a full-time writer, and I was successful with this first step!  I wasn't trying to be someone I'm not to please someone else. I was myself for once.  I am doing what makes me happy and not living a life that others want for me.  Not anymore, and never again!