You know, this three week menstral cycle has gotten SO OLD. *sigh* And of course we're driving to Tennessee tomorrow after work. I've been awake since 3:30 because of it today, and I'm so tired. Right after work, though, we'll be going back to Birdie's office to load packing peanuts on the truck for the trip tomorrow.
Yesterday I was up in 296, and got a couple of hundred words written. It was kinda weird... I had two sheets of paper and wrote for a while on Parker inside the gas station and then would switch over to Kelsey outside in the car. I felt really unfocused on both, which was probably a product of menstrual hormones.
Still, I sent chapter six to poor Kate, who is already overwhelmed with too much of her own stuff. Today I'm at about 500 words, and they're flying off my finger again.Kelsey is doing the athlete thing, preparing mentally for "battle", which is an overworked word in the sport world but completely apropos here. Hmmm...I should work that in.
I've been pretty happy with my progress for the most part. I haven't given up, and even though the beginning of the semester slowed that progress pretty dramatically, the word count inches ever higher. I'm in nose bleed territory. And I can't shake the feeling that it's the worst kind of crap and most people are going to turn their noses up at it. Sheesh. What a weinie.
The whiny story of slogging through writing my first novel.
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Forget what other people think! Who cares what they think? Not you! Not me! [at least on good days]
Follow your story -- trust in the vision and don't give up! Think how much you're learning in the process and how it will benefit the next one.
All you need is one editor who likes your vision :-) and there are a lot of them who will.
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