…. No, not saw your face. This is the first trip ever to NY or anywhere that I brought my writing project with me to work on. Driving down the Mass Pike that thought astounded me. What could that mean?
Now, you understand, that my writing is freelance and has no constraints or deadlines placed on it. There steps to follow such as spend a few years educating yourself, then, of course, you have to actually write the book. Next you have to belong to a good critique group and have your work evaluated by your peers. After months of this, you have to spend time researching publishing companies to find a good fit for your work. (And then about 30 more just like it). Finally you have to research and practice writing those query letters. It’s important to get those critiqued, too, if you’re new at this. None of this has any time constraints. How fast you do it depends on how much time you spend on it. How much time you spend on it depends about how serious you are about a writing career. There is no boss. There is no office. There are no set hours. The only thing that measures progress is your initiative.
For these reasons, I was surprised that I packed up my queries and manuscripts and carted them to NY with me today. I have to spend an extra day here due to a surprise routine doctor appointment tomorrow, and the first thing I thought of doing all day was working on my writing. You can see my fear. I fear I wasn’t as serious and invested in my work these past two years. The fact that I brought it on the road with me impulsively must be a shift in my priorities. Or, my productive day yesterday cleared so many obstacles and worries out of my way, that I am free to get down to real business and get the first book submitted.
One little unplanned action caused a major shift in attitude, intention, and confidence. I’m going to chalk it up to positive growth, kickstarted by the time change. I continue to feel changed for the better by the change, instead of plunging into the usual discombobulated state time changes bring.
How about you? Have you found yourself doing something that you hadn’t intended to do lately? What could it mean? A positive change? A new direction?
When you want to change, you make a decision.
And so, as another day goes by, it is now 4 o’clock when it’s supposed to be 5, I drove to NY to vote today, this is certainly a week of change, and…I have written.
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