Hi all, it has truly been a busy few months. In an attempt to finally publish my stories, I had set a goal for the year to publish at least one book a month, and to publish one additional book a quarter. I had pictured that I could time it to publish my books by the first of each month. I thought it would be challenging, but I never realized how difficult it was going to be to stick to my monthly and quarterly goals.I knew that I would have ample time to proof read each book three or four more times during the month before publishing. (I’m certain that I’ve missed errors, even after going through each of book at least 20 times since they were written. Every time I read through a story, I find errors and things to change.) I also knew that I would have time to blog about and advertise my books, while also doing additional writing on new material.
Everything worked great in theory, however, I hadn’t planned for everything. I didn’t plan for traveling, for extra work around the house, automobile troubles, the death of my father, the death of a cousin, and a few migraines. Still, I’ve held my resolve, and though I have been late a couple of times, so far I have managed to stick to my goals.
This month, I am nearly three weeks later than I wanted to be with my quarterly book. This makes 10 books for the year and I’m feeling stressed, but I feel good that I haven’t crashed and completely lost control of things. I worry that if I miss my goal for one month, I might rationalize and soon my resolve would die and I might quit.
So, even though I feel like I’m driving down an icy road and I’ve gotten myself into a skit and I’ve over corrected a few times, I’m just going to take a breath and work to bring myself out of the skid long enough to meet that next deadline.
I hope your lives are more controlled than mine and that you find joy in whatever you do.
Until next time,
Jene
