I just finished a huge project for my EDJ (Evil Day Job, in case you needed to ask), and am setting my sights on writing, writing, writing for the next six months. Yes, I am taking time off to polish, pitch, and see if I can gain some headway in this world called publishing:)!
What’s scary though is now that I’ve set up this scenario in my head – time to write for a few months – I am having a panic attack. Yep. Panic. The ‘What If’ bug is biting, in fact chomping down hard for its pint of blood. When you make a change like this you don’t know what’s going to happen, you can’t predict it, you just know you’ve got to be committed, willing to risk all to achieve the next big thing, right?
Okay, panic has subsided. I knew it would because I’ve done this before. It’s just been a damn long time. Before, when I was a youngster leaving a waitress job in Chicago for the world of dance (and a bar tending job in NYC), I was full of hope and dreams. Now, a few decades later, I am surprisingly still filled with bunches of hopes and dreams, but also a renewed confidence that if I put myself in an atmosphere of success, I might, you know, succeed.
So fingers crossed I avoid debtor’s prison, and more importantly, finish the contemporary romantic suspense series I’m working on as well as VLC, then impress my agent and you know sell a book!
Now you know why I have Superman – or The Man of Steel – as the featured guest in today’s post. He makes earth shattering decisions all day long like how many bench presses will I do this morning? Like him, I know I am making the right choice with this one (or I hope I know).
Anyway, this is my walking through fire decision of the decade. What’s yours?
