Riding the waves

Sitting at my computer this morning, with my cup of coffee by my side, I found myself staring bleary eyed at the empty box of my blog post.  The blinking cursor was taunting me as I realized that I was at a loss for topic ideas to start a conversation.  It’s been a while since I’ve updated my site, and I’ve been feeling the pressure of writing a post, preferably something insightful or informative.  As I thought about ideas that might be of interest, I slowly began to feel like I was back in high school again, struggling to write an essay for a test I never studied.

Fortunately for me, that had it’s advantages. It gave me a place to start my brainstorming process.  As my thoughts randomly spiraled from being in school to summer vacation, it reminded me of the ocean.  Then through a series of additional aimless thoughts (which I’ll spare you from reading) I finally landed on an idea for my post.

Here goes…I equate my life as an independent author to the ocean and I am the novice surfer.  The constant ebb and flow of the ever changing waves is the perfect analogy to the experiences that bombard me every day as I tackle writing, editing, marketing, managing and fast paced social media.  Some days the waves are gentle and kind, some days they crash around me completely blindsiding me with an overwhelming dunk into the cold waters of reality.  But much like that novice surfer who is daunted but not defeated, when I’m knocked down,  I climb back up on my board and face the turbulent surf head on.  As I stand tall and brace myself, there is always the hope that I ‘ll catch that elusive perfect wave and my persistence will pay off.  Recently I have discovered a plateau of success that I plan to ride for as long as it lasts.

Finally in keeping with the theme of my oceanic post, I have to admit that my mind is always churning like the sea with random thoughts and book possibilities. Even as I am writing this blog update, I am thinking that a story containing sand, sun, romance and a hunky alpha male surfer sounds utterly intriguing…