When I first started this blog I was very coy about admitting I was trying to write a novel. It seemed somewhat presumptive when you have only written a few chapters as your claim to fame. Slowly I've been coming out of my shell regarding this. Last week I actually posted my progress (or lack of it). This acts as accountability to me - I see that number and say to myself that I want to see that change tangibly, and soon.
I'm also trying to embrace this more and take it on as my identity - not so I can claim something I'm not doing - but to own it more so that it becomes my second job. I write when I can wrestle the muse down at the same time I can plop in my chair. I know I need to write regardless of the presence of some mystical force that whispers in my ear.
To that end I've taken a couple more steps of faith. I've joined the American Christian Fiction Writers. I'm being more proactive in interacting with other writers here on the web. I know none of this means I am a writer too, but again it comes back down to accountability.
So off I go. Thanks for keeping me accountable, even if you didn't know you were doing that! Just by posting this, it makes me get my rear in gear more. Whooooooooo.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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I am looking forward to seeing what you have written.
ReplyDeleteYou need to start hanging out at Writerinterrupted.com
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of "writers" like you learning and encouraging each other in a small but growing community.
Just tell 'em the same thing I do: my novel is due out in July 2054.
ReplyDeleteYea! Another closet writer. (I'm a kitchen writer, myself. Though I keep the kitchen dark and wait til everyone is asleep.)
ReplyDeleteTim O'Brien got me started writing. He takes five years to write each book. I thought, FIVE YEARS? A monkey can write a book in five years. Now I'm on my third.
Turns out monkeys write terrible books, but I'm evolving...