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A strong enough partition

09 Monday Jul 2018

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Library books are a delicious treat to me. I don’t tend to read while I’m currently writing a novel, because I don’t want the story I’m reading to bleed into the story I’m writing. That does happen to me sometimes. I have a weird laser focus when I write which allows me to finish up a rough draft in about 4-5 weeks. However, that laser focus means that there isn’t a strong enough partition between fiction creating and fiction reading in my brain for me to be able to do it all seamlessly. So, I take some precautions.

When I’m finished writing a manuscript, I reward myself with some reading.

This time, I finished up the rough draft to my upcoming Heartwarming story tentatively called DIAPER DUTY MATCHMAKER. Then my editor send me the first round of edits for HIS LITTLE GIRL’S HERO, which I worked on and sent back, which left me with a beautiful weekend with not much to do but read.

And I made the most of it!

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Hope you got to read this weekend, too!

 

Lecture gems

05 Sunday Oct 2014

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There is a quote that says, “I don’t know what I think until I write it down.” It has been attributed to many different authors, possibly because they’ve all said something similar. Writing does have a way of culling down your thoughts unto something clearer. For me, it’s a little different. I often don’t know what I think until it comes out mid-lecture. Thanks to my almost 7 year old.

Today, the lecture was one after an adventurous grocery shopping trip. (Don’t even ask!) But the little gem that emerged that left me thinking, “Yes, yes, that’s it! That’s exactly what I’m trying to say!” was this:

You were not put on this planet to be entertained. You are here to be a helper.

Sec._of_Ag._Orville_Freeman_providing_a_helping_hand_to_Mrs,_Freeman,_1965_(5187278835)I truly do believe that. If we aren’t of use to someone on this planet… if someone isn’t happier because we were in their life… if we can’t make someone else’s life just a little bit easier, then we’re doing it wrong.