I Swear, It's In the Mail
Woohoo! The revisions are done and everything's on it's way to the final judges. Was still struggling with the whole thing yesterday when suddenly it all started falling into place and the revisions began sliding in seamlessly. So I am feeling pretty good about the whole thing and starting to believe the whole process has started accelerating.
Oh, and did I mention that Wednesday night I got THE CALL from another contest and I have finalled in that one also. Not bad for my first book and first contest entries, eh? Of course, now I'm getting cocky and figuring maybe I'll end up finalling in all THREE of the ones I entered. Wouldn't that be incredible?
Of course, if that happens, my reaction will probably get me arrested since we have started getting anonymous notes (just kidding) about the HEE HEE HEE -ing screeching out our doors and windows at all hours every time I realize that it's for real. Or when I am reading my own stuff and get blown away by a phrase or sentence only to realize I WROTE THAT! Down, ego, down.
So, that said, I have a major portion of book to finish and everything but the first few chapters to re-write and the Golden Heart deadline is only weeks away. If it weren't for the $50 I already paid them, I'd probably just forget about it. NOT!!!!! Ego can carry you a long way, even providing you with the audacity to enter the contest of all contests with your very first book.
Hee hee hee.
posted by Pete at 4:15 PM
2 Comments:
Well, DUH!!
Of course, I hear the folks at Golden Heart are VERY anti-Sweden. Just so you know.
hee hee
Wow......I was trying to leave you alone this weekend because I thought you had to get it in the mail by Monday....I guess it was DUE by Monday.
Trite as it may sound, the writing process you are describing is sort of "natural"....the anxiety, the cramped mind, the staring at walls trying either to blank out or to find that one word or image or phrase that approaches what you feel down in your soul, more anxiety......and then finally the adrenaline kicks in, the thoughts all meld, and things just flow (not without a bit of agony, but much easier than before). And then euphoria when it all gets to where you want it (at least for the time being).
Congrats! You are moving forward, not stalemating, not giving up! Follow that star!
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