Divorce Woes

I had a rough week in writing life after officially bidding farewell to that first book. I felt more like I was the one who got dumped than the one who did the dumping. I was rejected and I was worried...

Maybe I don't really have what it takes.

Cause I was having some strong "just give up" vibes. I kept reviewing successful authors' blogs in my mind, the ones who confess over and over that their first book was garbage and they had to keep moving forward. But I was starting to feel pretty certain that if MY first book didn't work, nothing I wrote would.

Somehow I managed to keep moving through the motions.

And it was SLOW work. My assignment for this week was to only write "thoughts". I had to dig deep into characters I didn't even know yet: more depressing feelings of defeat.

Alright, that's enough of the moping stuff. I think you get it.

Know what happened? Ended up writing the best stuff I've put together since I jumped on this bandwagon. REAL writing. Solid, narrative voice, storytelling stuff none of that "and then and then and then" stuff that was so cool that I bet you're just dying to read the next line because what's happening is just so darn cool stuff.

I like to keep these posts short n sweet so I'll wallow in my victory later.

But I have to post the quote of night just because Caleb was certain he'd find it here:

"Never underestimate the power of my arrogance!"

Yes all, that would indeed be a terrible mistake!