Knee deep in the writing process

Writing is very glamorous…. NOT. It is hard work. It is a daily commitment. And that includes holidays and weekends. It is about building a muscle. Creating a sacred space to write in and a set time where you will show up - no matter what. Even if everything you write ends up in an overflow file of writing that doesn’t work but may one day……days where I think I am brilliant. Days when I know for sure I am not. But every day is about opening more and more into myself…

And I love it.

So I am back at the writers desk and the writer’s sofa and the writer’s picnic table working on Book 2 in the Calypso Goddess Series…and interestingly enough - a memoir. More on that soon…not yet. Some things are worth waiting for…great chocolate, and great life lessons. Always worth the wait!

So writing for me is about quiet…being in different spaces that support me…I love days without speaking to anyone so my mind can continue to focus on the story even when my fingers are done for the day…I let my characters talk to me…and I meditate. It is all a part of it.

So while I am knee deep…I will be waist deep soon. And wondering how it will ever get done. And then one day, I will come out of the cave and have it in hand…

But tonight? Tonight two of my besties are taking me out to dinner to celebrate the journey so far…to celebrate life….and to pause and to be. We forget to do that sometimes. Just be together. To have fun. To laugh. To connect. As a writer, this may be the most important thing I do. My friends inspire me…and that is utterly priceless. I am humbled. I am so richly blessed.

And for those other besties far away…Mouse and Schminkman and Janice and Betty…Cheers to you, too.

Til soon…