1/19/10 Made A Key Decision...

I've decided today to definitely pursue my Weight-Loss Bible Study over the Novel at this time.  I'm positive it's the right decision and I'm making headway already.  I will be going through this weight loss journey myself as I write it and utilize all the resources the Lord puts before me through His word and prayer.

Looking forward to this process and praying I will glorify Him all the way through it.

-Karen

Haven't progressed much...

Tired.  Woke up to washer's spin cycle.  No writing for a couple days and that's not a good thing.  Had a good lazy post bday-day to make up for the too busy to be a bday-day.  Time to go back to bed.

Struggling...

I was fighting a virus which liked to toy with me in symptoms every other day.  Wednesday=bad, Thursday=good, Friday=bad, Saturday=started out good then went badly and Sunday the same as Saturday.  Monday was good and so far today is too.  I think we could be on a real upswing now.

I feel so disorganized!!!  My desk is horribly cluttered and crammed full of stuff.  Bills are not being prioritized.  If I don't do something soon I will miss a payment like last month and continue to feel bogged down by it all.

Intended to get decorations down and didn't.  Thought I would this weekend and felt too icky.  The goal is to get started on it today when I get back from sales calls before picking up Kate from school.  I need to get my stuff set up for work now.  I've been horrible with consistency in calls to current and future customers that I'm on the verge of being fired I think.  I have to bring in income somehow so if it's not sales, it's flying or something I can work around Kate's school schedule.  Thought about substitute teaching, but I dislike it so.  Can't believe I studied education in college.  What was I thinking?  It was all I could do to be enthusiastic in home schooling.  Kate made it worthwhile really.  At least when she would take my instruction.  Anyway, need to help out financially more than what I've been doing.

Regarding my writing endeavors, I think I may need to revise my page number goal for the writing project.  If I complete my weight loss Bible Study I'm working on first, it might not hit 300 pages.  I can't imagine my Bible study being at least 300 pages, but who knows.

I need to decide which writing project I'm going to focus on first.  Will it be the mostly fictionalized account of my grandmother's life, my weight loss Bible study, or something completely different?   I think I have more juice going into my Bible study than anything, but still feel compelled to write about the grandmother I never knew through both a fact and fictionalized account of her life.  Praying for direction and inspiration.  My goal is that God will be ultimately glorified through whatever I write and do.

Now it's time to gather my stuff together for work and a new Bible study I'm looking into today.  Better go for now.

Thanks for being there whoever you are.

-Karen

1/04/2010 Am I failing at this already?

Oh, I'm doing everything wrong about this writing endeavor today.  I'm getting distracted and not doing anything I'm supposed to do.  Going to clean the garage instead.  What?  Okay so I'll make this a creative writing exercise.   I will visualize my characters as I sort junk into piles in the garage.  Pile One: Main Protagonist.  Pile Two:  Main Antagonist.  Pile Three:  What I probably should have put in pile one.

Oh, just do it already!

Oh, and my profile photo at the moment is from a childhood lesson learned or scarred depending on how you look at it.  I originally won an essay contest at the age of twelve and was going to be representing my school district in the state level, etc until it was discovered I went 100 words over the word limit.  All because I thought one and two letter words didn't count.  The brunette girl on the left is me.  Do I follow rules better now?  Hmmm, probably not.

1/03/2010 My Journey Begins

So today I begin with a lofty, but reachable quest (if I ignore all my self defeating talk) in reaching my goal of not only starting, but completing a major writing project of 300 pages or more in one year.

What do I share on this blog? I can't very well share the whole book can I? I guess I share my progress and journey with you whether you be a fellow writer on the same quest, an accomplished writer amused or miffed by my drama or a general reader of interest. I don't know who will read this, but I hope that if you do, you will acknowledge your presence and be willing to give you feedback or share something about yourself or personal journey.

Now if I can just do more than make a declaration. I'm good at declarations. I can make one for you too if you like. Oh, but let's not get into that. Anyhow, I get to be good at more than just empty promises. After all I have stuck with a couple things like my marriage (18 years and counting), graduating from college even if it did take 17 years. Those achievements account for something don't they? What else have I finished besides a book, a movie or an email? Does completing a 40 day fast count? Okay so it started out as a water fast and transformed into a juice fast on day 13, but all the same I completed 40 days of fasting. So I'll remember the successes of those aforementioned achievements and remember less the failures like the novel I started at age 12, the ballet and piano lessons I aborted, the musical I couldn't finish with one single song and the embarrassment of failing mime camp after I broke my rib on on the floor of a local college dive.

So it starts here shortly after the New Year. How perfect is that? The sooner I start writing, the sooner I finish. Now I get to write regularly. First step is an outline. Oh, and hopefully my marriage and the well being of our much loved adventurous child won't be affected adversely. By the way, I accept all encouraging, prayerful support too.

Let the brains begin!