Midway through NaNoWriMo

Last weekend, I attended the North Carolina Writers Network Conference in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Not only did the ocean air rejuvenate my senses and clean out some of the "fidi coco" (nonsense that flops around in your brain), but I also reconnected with my roots: other writers. Sitting in on the workshops and talking to writers at breakfast/lunch/dinner reminded me that I'm very lucky to be at this point in my career when I have quite a bit of published works and enough knowledge to make me dangerous. But there's so much more ahead!

Now that I'm halfway through November and halfway through the 50K words that I promised I'd tick off on my rewrite of 'Analyzing the Prescotts,' I'm looking forward to December and January.

I have a Plan. I'm capitalizing the word because it's important to my future. So important that everything else is on hold. I want to publish the works I currently have in my coffer and there are two new works on the horizon that have been bopping around in my head waiting for the moment when they can make their first appearance on the page.

There's an urgency to my writing habits these days. The writing is in the forefront. I put off social occasions to write. I write during lunch. I rewrite in my bed at night. I steal moments during my workday to jot down notes or to connect with the social platforms I'm building.

I have a Plan. Now, to execute it.

If you can dream it, you can make it happen!