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Finished

Hello my friends.

It's been a while since my last post, but I have a very good reason.

After 4 years of collecting snippets, scenes, ideas and more in my giant binder, I sat down and wrote my middle grade fantasy.

I finished it......completely, my friends. I can't believe I'm saying that, but I did!
It has a beginning,middle, end,conflict, resolution, etc. You name it, it's there.

I started on May 21, 2014 and wrote, nonstop, every day, afternoon and some evenings.
I finished on July 1, 2014 and could not have felt better than I did in that moment.

I still have to edit/revise, but I actually finished!!

Along the way, I had other ideas for two more books and a title idea for a third. (different characters)
For those of you that are going through writers block or think you can't do it, believe me when I say,YOU CAN!! If I can do it, so can you.

I was making everything harder in my head than it had to be. I was also comparing my ideas to best selling authors and that was wrong. I had to let all that go, plant my butt in the chair and just do it.

I will confess that I like writing better than revising, though. lol.

Have a great night, my friends. :)

Etsy Shop & Other Art

Hi everyone.

I've been so focused on writing, that I haven't done any promotion for my Etsy shop. I have some graphics listed for business and personal use, if you're interested. They're pretty cheap and come with the colored image and the outline. https://www.etsy.com/shop/KathyCyrArt

I also have more graphics for personal use listed here: http://www.francismary.com/index.html
Great for personal projects, email signatures, site decoration, etc. The listings on this site are for the colored image only at the moment.

:)

Pushing forward

I cannot believe it, but my writing is zipping through chapter 2 and has possibly entered chapter 3, but I haven't really been paying attention. lol.

It feels really good. A bit tired today, so I may end up taking a short break and begin again this afternoon or first thing tomorrow morning.

It's truly very exciting. I can see where the story is going, but just a bit. That's okay, though.
I also realized, with the help of DH, that I have had all the ingredients for my book right here in front of me all along. All the notes, ideas and snippets I thought were so terrible and not getting me anywhere, actually were.

Most everything has become clear and I can feel and see where all my notes will be placed.
I have shrugged off 99.9% negativity and in not having access to my FB account, alot of the chaos, drama and time wasting is gone. I miss several people on there, but not having FB has REALLY helped my productivity.

I've been using Twitter a heck of alot more and I find it easier. I tweet or retweet, scan everyone's tweets and move on, quickly, to my writing.

I hope all is well with you and yours. Sending positive vibes to all.
Have a great day! :)