IWSG- End Of Year Panic

Holy smokes, it's November! Can't believe this year is closing in on the end. It's exciting yet frightening all at the same time. But new month, means new #IWSG post.


My indie title is due out in a few weeks and I know I have a final round of editing coming for that. I just finished my first round with Carina and in another week will start in with Limitless. To me editing is soul sucking, so to know I have so much ahead of me is mildly terrifying.

I start to worry I won't get it all done. I'll miss deadlines. Deadlines, that's a word I've never had so set in stone before. The idea that I have to report to others adds another layer of pressure. I start to worry what I've gotten myself into. Will I be able to get it all done?

With so many new factors in play my self-doubt and worry are in high gear. I have obligations to fulfill, new words that need writing. It's like quicksand. My writing squad tell me one thing at a time. Don't try to worry about all of it at once, but that is easier said than done.

I'm not a planner. I'm a procrastinator. Now I have to change that, and in a short time-frame. Will I get it done? Well I have no choice, but it will come with a lot of whining and wine most likely. Though it is times like this that make me thankful for my writing ladies. They throw me a vine when I'm drowning and keep my head above the proverbial water.

Stuff needs doing, so as much as I loathe #editinghell, I'm gonna put on my big girl pants and get it done. That's all I can do.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday, however you celebrate.

Until next time
~Meka


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Thank you to this month’s co-hosts:  Ellen @ The Cynical Sailor, Ann V. Friend, JQ Rose, and Elizabeth Seckman!