Ups and Downs of the Writer-ly Road by Sasha Summers @sashawrites #10thbook #milestone book

I love writing.


Nothing like seeing your ideas, the people in your head, in print. Yep, it's terrifying. Slightly nauseating.


And completely Awesome.


I'm blessed to be able to do something I enjoy. My 10th full length novel came out last month - a small accomplishment for some. Huge for others. I'm pretty proud.



But that doesn't mean it's all good stuff.
I write for Harlequin Blaze, their spicier imprint. My 10th book was my first book with them. The next in the series is out in November. That will be my last Blaze. Again, I realize I'm lucky to be writing for Harlequin Western and Entangled Publishing - but I admit I'm bummed. I think, as writers, we tend to look ahead--characters, stories, settings--that could be. Knowing they won't be, for now anyway, is a bum deal.
And yet, if there's one thing I've learned on my magical jaunt down writer-ly road: things change. Better to keep going than to get bogged down with the disappointments or what-ifs. It's not always easy, but no one ever said writing was easy.
"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." - Ernest Hemingway