Last Update of 2018
Is it just me, or does it seem like a such an absurd time to be alive? I wonder if every generation feels that way when adulthood really kicks in, or if perhaps instead we’re actually just lucky to be here during this particular time with all it’s madness.
Either way I’m thankful to be here and so thankful for you, taking time out of your day to read this on the last day of 2018. I hope you’re doing well!
I wonder if you, dear reader, have been feeling like I have this year. I wonder if something has been stirring within us both to start taking more responsibility for this chaotic world. Maybe it’s just me, maybe I’ve just reached that age.
I am very fortunate to say that I’ve been given a generous opportunity at my day job, one that has already begun to change the way I live. I don’t talk much on social media about what I do for a living, partially because I consider myself a storyteller first and foremost. Regardless, I’m very fortunate, very grateful and very privileged to be where I’m at. I care very much for the people I work with, and I hope I don’t let them down.
It’s funny to think that just a couple weeks ago I had gone on a short vacation, the entire purpose of which, was to get as much done on my current novel as possible. It was an amazing time and I look forward to having an opportunity like that again, where writing and editing are my day job. This current novel has been an interesting process, and I’m happy to say that as of my last writing session I’m right at the 5/8ths mark finished.
That said, I wanted to affirm that publishing my stories is still my number goal while on this planet. I know in my heart that it’s my true calling and my best opportunity to give a part of myself to possibly make the world a bit of a better place. So even though I have new responsibilities and a new way of life overall, these things will only help me along in achieving my purpose. Unfortunately, this transition has meant that I’ve lost at least a full week of writing due to focusing on taking on this new role, coupled with the usual clamor of preparing for the holidays. I will be back on my writer’s grind as soon as things have leveled out, though I hate to admit that it’s now likely my current novel may take me slightly longer to finish than I hope, and thus it may take me a couple weeks or so longer to return to my efforts of finally publishing my first novel, Codetta (which I’m still taking beta readers for, by the by). I estimate I’ll be done with my current novel by late February or early March, and then it will be all Codetta until I can put in on the shelf, so to speak.
I plan to keep writing at least one blog entry a month for now, upping that number as I get closer to discovering a publish date. For now, I thank you again for your friendship, your readership and your presence in my life. I hope your holidays have gone well, and I hope there is no lack of love in your family this year. Cliche as all hell, but don’t lose sight of hope that things will change for the better - looking to the brightening the world on the proverbial horizon is all a part making it through the dark times.
Happy New Year, may you keep the light of hope for this world with you as we’re given another shot at making it a better place.
