Finding My Writing Mojo
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After attending the Baltimore Book festival on Sunday, I felt a bit depleted of my selling results. I always try to go into each opportunity for selling with a positive mind and believing that I always learn something from it, no matter how many books I sell. And I did have that very idea in mind when I set up my display. Unfortunately after sitting for five and a half hours, I only sold two books.
I did meet some nice folks and enjoyed meeting and chatting with the authors around me, but it still didn’t relieve the frustration I had of the money and time spent to rent a spot in the author’s tent. So, it’s taking me a little while to get back into the groove.
Working full time and trying to stay up with all of the marketing through my author platform takes me away from my writing. Which is what all we writers want to be doing, right? I’m about a quarter of the way into the third book of my series and for the life of me I can’t get my writing “mojo” back. I’ll go through certain days of the week where I’ll get rejuvenated and I’ll write a few pages, and then I find myself drifting away from it…which drives me crazy because I love my story and the characters.
So I thought I’d do a little blogging and see if I can’t get my frustrations out on the page and maybe, just maybe it’ll work me into a natural flow pulling me back into my story. I find there have been many different ways of getting me over that hurdle; sometimes it’s reading one of my favorite authors or just blabbing away like this on my blog. I know its perseverance and sometimes if I just press on, it’ll help. But I’m a bit of a panster and I really need to “feel” it…if that makes any sense.
What do you writer’s do to motivate yourselves back into writing? We all have moments where life interrupts, right? Maybe share your thoughts to help others out of their slumps.
Thanks again for listening, and remember, keep on writing!
