THREE BOOKS!!! Incredible! I am just starting a new novel at the moment and nobody is waiting on it. It does feel nice not to have a deadline bearing down on me, to have a bit more space for creative thinking...but on the other hand, there is a risk I will dawdle and take forever to finish it. And I also have to wrangle with the possible that nobody will want to publish it. So, there are definitely pros and cons to writing without a contract, haha. Well done on your amazing output!
Full disclosure: my word count for all 3 is probably your word count for 6-7 chapters? But yes it is exciting! I am 100% with you on the pros and cons. My newsletter self is my aspirational, more virtuous self who focuses on the positive and gives people the pep talks I actually need to hear, but my real self will procrastinate endlessly with no deadline and panic with one, so I feel ya!
On journalling, weirdly, I don’t do a whole lot of it connected to my writing. I journal about more personal life things or feeling stuck or self-analysis more than anything else, but since that does help me move forward on creative projects maybe it counts? 🤷♀️
Wow congrats on three books, amazing! I have added the Iceland book to my TBR pile, thanks for sharing💕plus need to catch up on bad sisters, great show
Love the fangirling, sounds like you needed more time to chat Iceland etc! Congrats on the x3 books too!! I totally get what you mean though about thinking how your past self would love to be where you're at right now (have to remind myself of this sometimes when things feel slow).
THREE BOOKS!!! Incredible! I am just starting a new novel at the moment and nobody is waiting on it. It does feel nice not to have a deadline bearing down on me, to have a bit more space for creative thinking...but on the other hand, there is a risk I will dawdle and take forever to finish it. And I also have to wrangle with the possible that nobody will want to publish it. So, there are definitely pros and cons to writing without a contract, haha. Well done on your amazing output!
Full disclosure: my word count for all 3 is probably your word count for 6-7 chapters? But yes it is exciting! I am 100% with you on the pros and cons. My newsletter self is my aspirational, more virtuous self who focuses on the positive and gives people the pep talks I actually need to hear, but my real self will procrastinate endlessly with no deadline and panic with one, so I feel ya!
Three books next year is so exciting! 🙌
On journalling, weirdly, I don’t do a whole lot of it connected to my writing. I journal about more personal life things or feeling stuck or self-analysis more than anything else, but since that does help me move forward on creative projects maybe it counts? 🤷♀️
Absolutely counts! I do that sometimes too. Sort of clearing the decks so it doesn’t bog down your writing sesh 🙏🏻
Wow congrats on three books, amazing! I have added the Iceland book to my TBR pile, thanks for sharing💕plus need to catch up on bad sisters, great show
Hope you enjoy! Such a great show.
Love the fangirling, sounds like you needed more time to chat Iceland etc! Congrats on the x3 books too!! I totally get what you mean though about thinking how your past self would love to be where you're at right now (have to remind myself of this sometimes when things feel slow).
We raise the bar too quickly! Sometimes I think we need to time travel back and forth for a moment to appreciate more.
I can’t believe you have three books on the horizon!!!
It feels very exciting!