Just when the Creek is almost Dry...the Rains begin

Some people would call it procrastination.

I call it, losing time.

I have posted previously on how time seems to escape many of us and many times the reasons we can't accomplish everything we set out to do, is utterly and completely valid.

So what do you do in these situations? Do you just throw your hands up and chuck what you started in the trash? Or, do you roll up those sleeves and start shoveling out a new path towards your goal?

I am completely in the shoveling phase myself right now for any number of reasons.

First, I switched my work shift from a night shift (5pm to 1am) to a "Normal" schedule (8:30am-5pm).

It's nice to get more sleep being that I was up at 6:30am to get my son to school no matter what. And being on the same schedule as most of my friends has been great. But, I am having a harder time writing since I no longer have the 4 hours to myself that I did when my son was in school and I was home.

Second, I took off for a week to go overseas and completely disrupted any routines I was trying to initiate.

I did get some productive work done though on the second book in the series. I edited the first 100 pages and continued writing on the new book. The best thing to come out of the trip was a great experience in character study and a new found pride in my country. Things are not better abroad...just different.

And third, it takes time when things like the first and second items here take over and you need to get your life back on track and in order: whether it's at work or home. It always takes time that you never seem to have enough of.

So I was standing on the bank of my writing world, watching the creek slowly dry up. But now, I am happy to say that the rains are starting and hopefully by the end of the month, the waters will be back at the edge of the bank and soon overflow. Fingers crossed!

Rejections to Date:11

Queries Still Out There: 9

Pages written on Book 2:110

Pages in New Book: 24