Get an idea for your next book from an everyday event that you really look at for the first time.
Read a craft book. Figure out why your last scene sucked.
Write 2k words on your Work-in-Progress in one day.
Plan out the next scene to write tomorrow.
Send out five queries. Get one form rejection within the hour.
Read a blog and write a great comment. Get an appreciative response from the blogger.
Write another 2k words.
Go to a chapter meeting. Afterwards, go for drinks and chat with other writers.
Get a critique from your most trusted partner saying she hates your heroine.
Judge a dismal contest entry, then spend hours trying to be nice.
Get another form rejection.
Write 12k words in three days. Battle with a family member over time spent at the computer.
Get a request for partial. Reply promptly. Wait, wait, wait, and wait some more. And give up.
Celebrate a friend’s sale. Hope her good luck will rub off.
Get a request for a full. Reply promptly. Get a form rejection within three days.
Write a blog and get more comments than ever before.
Get a phone call from your favorite agent. Cross fingers, toes, and bra straps for this dream to come true.
Who needs a roller coaster when you’re a writer?
© Joan Leacott 2012, x-posted at Voices from the Heart
Great post and oh so accurate. that’s the life
Scary how much we put up with, isn’t it? Would you call that sucker for punishment or just the biz? Good to see you Louise.
Ha! So true. It is really like being stuck on a permantent roller coaster, isn’t it, and you’re just dying to get off with a big smile on your face.
Unfortunately, you usually get off with a queasy tummy! But what a heck of ride! Thanks for dropping by.
Not a fan of roller-coasters, but I love carousels, and Joan’s “schedule” sounds like a not-so-merry-go-round, too. As Gina says, focus on the positive! Great writing, and tell whoever it was who wanted the computer that The Muse trumps everything. And apparently your Muse was on a roll. Fingers crossed that the call from your favorite agent is a dream come true!
I love big dreams. Except for the moment when you wake up. Thanks for dropping in.
Congrats on the awesome progress. 12k in 3 days is amazing!
Focus on the positive, right?
See you Saturday.
~ Gina
Oh yeah… Saturday… must discuss firefighters. Safe trip home, Gina.
Hi Joan, I thought you were writing what I should do. LOL I’m glad it was getting good at the end. Love that “favorite agent’s call”.
If only real life would do what my blog dictates! Hmm… sell a million…
So cute and so true!
Had to blow off some steam anyway, so I thought “Why not make it amusing?”
Awesome stuff Joan!!
Thanks, Renee.
Joan, this post makes me chuckle, almost reads like a To-Do list, because all of that rejection and criticism is part of the everyday routine. Item One: must be rejected at least once this week! Roller Coaster? Oh, yeah. There are days I want to shout, “Stop this ride, I want to get off!”
But then the coaster slows and pulls into the station and I stay on for another gut-lurching round on the loop-de-loop.
I’m glad it worked for you, Sherry. There’s a fatal attraction at work here. We just can’t stay away. Thanks for stopping by.
This is a roller coaster we adore since we do it all the time…
Guess we’re addicted. 😉 Thanks for stopping by. Nice logo, btw.