April Showers

Oh how I hate to do a post when I feel I have nothing to say and the writing is more editing than creating. So I've decided to steal an idea from my editing friend Ramona and do a weekly post, just to keep my hand in and make any comments on writing and the state of things in my neck of the woods. Makes sense to me, at least at this stage in the game. Anyone out there who views this can count on a new post every Sunday...easy as that.

I'm a bit down at not being chosen as a Fellow for the Midwest Writers Workshop Retreat, but it helps to know there are 85 others just as disappointed. The Fellow category is only limited to 9 each year, and I know there are others out there more talented than me. Just another rejection to handle. Somehow I need to make them regret not having chosen me, and the best way to do that is to refocus on getting the first book out there and show up as a published author. I need a mantra that fits that focus :o) And the discipline to get things done. Easy for me to use excuses these days between the odd work hours and the chores we need to get done before we can get the house ready to sell...not that we're planning that, but we've put off a lot of cosmetic changes and those are what make the first impression on someone who is looking. Like writing a query letter in some ways. Best foot forward and all that.

That said, I'm lucky to have found a new reader for my WIP and am taking her comments into consideration as I go through the chapters again. Phil and Sam are benefitting I hope...although they're not as friendly as they were. Tension intrigues people, and of course Phil insists on not listening to his older brother's advice when it comes to things HE feels are important: like helping Sam crack a case, or staying at the Bombay when Sam thinks he should move on. There's a stubborn streak in those Carstairs boys :o) Plus I still have a couple of short stories to try and crack as well.

There...now I'm off to box some more books and get some Easter dinner started. Tune in next Sunday. I promise there will be something more interesting than my resolutions.