Philosophy Friday

GOOD STUFF
my weight is holding around 163, +/- 1
I submitted my anthology proposal 6 weeks early
I've jumped over yet another writer's block/ hurdle
I finished chapter 17 and know what needs to happen next
I got THREE great advance book reviews
I talked to my husband about respecting my writing

GOOD ADVICE
New York Times bestselling author JoAnn Ross says, "The only thing we can control -- sometimes -- in this crazy business is the Work, which is why I've tried to mostly concentrate on that."

Yeah, I admit it. I did some promotional stuff this week. [Well, you don't get great reviews and then not post them to your website. C'mon!] But after a long talk with my husband and a slap in the face from reality [namely a spreadsheet of my royalty earnings for the past two years], I am determined to stop f-ing around.

Between the approximate hours of 9:30am and 3:00 pm the only work I'm doing will be writing related. If that means grocery shopping on weekends now and folding laundry while supervising homework and only running errands 'after work', so be it.

NOW, I finally understand what Jayne Anne Krentz means when she says, "Protect the Work". I always thought she was talking about backing up your files. Maybe she should have been clearer and simply said, "Stop letting any- and everything interfere with your writing."