Tag: planning
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What’s Next?
I’m learning to choose me. The last year and a half have taught me that choosing me lets me willingly choose others.
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Create Joy
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What does it mean to you when you hear the phrase “Create Joy”? I imagine most people desire to have joy in their lives. I know I do. Yet, we often do nothing about it, hoping joy will just land in our laps without effort on our part. And when it doesn’t? We grumble and…
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Showcase Recap
Saturday, I shared a table at the Garland public library’s author showcase. I prepped/planned for it for more than a week, ordering goodies at the last minute and even making some of my own. This is what I brought: Even with only one book under my belt, my half of the table was packed with…
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Countdown is ON
I’m back from Ireland and now the reality that my book launch is only ten days away is sending my mind reeling. I feel like there are so many things I should be doing to get ready but at the same time I don’t know what that might be. I thought maybe it would help…
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Listening and intuition
I have been moving through the journey of The Art of Intuitive Structure by Sage Adderly in a book club that she is hosting. This week we read chapter five, which is about listening to your intuition. We were asked to do a five- to ten-minute brain dump relating to the project or book we…
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How should I launch?
I’ve had a few people ask me when my book will be released and I have given vague answers because I haven’t picked a specific date, so yesterday in the coaching call I asked Sage how I should go about choosing one. Which became much more emotional than I expected. It’s hard enough to think…
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Mindset Matters
I went almost a whole week without getting any work done on my book. I knew when the week began that it would be like this, yet I still feel guilty. That darn guilt gene that’s been passed down to all of my family! But instead of letting that guilt block all progress for the…
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Feedback + Anxiety
I thought I was better prepared for receiving feedback from my beta readers than I was in 2021 when I had written my first novel (that never got past the beta stage). I thought that knowing what questions to ask and looking at it as “this person wants to make the book the best it…
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Terror
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As another step is nearing completion, the fear and terror are back. I expect to be done with Draft 3 by the end of the day. I have one scene to write (brand new scene) and then I’ll be calling it done. And that is absolutely terrifying. The next step is Beta Readers. Letting other…