Carlene Havel's Blog: Carlene - Posts Tagged "persist"

Among the things my mom taught me is this: writers write. There's a lot of wisdom wrapped up in those two words. Yes, it's important to "get your name out there" in whatever form possible short of the police blotter. But the key is to write. Even when I'm not in the mood, I don't feel inspired, I'm too busy with other things. Just keep writing, every day. Maybe the results won't be my best effort. But it's infinitely easier to polish up than to write a perfect gem on the first try. If a day's verbiage has to be tossed out, oh well, I learned what doesn't work. I've lost track of how many books Mom has published, but it's more than twenty novels, plus four books of poetry. Just like in the grocery store so many years ago, I'm going to have to run hard to keep up with Mom.