I mean, I feel like that image explains it all. But, in case you are curious about the details of how I might have ended up like that, here goes.
I am a writer. End of story. So, I often look like that. It's soooooo much worse when I attempt to write a book as opposed to say, a blog post. I have attempted to write books numerous times throughout my adult life. Sometimes they were fictional, sometimes an attempt at self-help, but always I would get no further than a few pages, one chapter if I was lucky. I thought maybe I needed to switch mediums. I tried computer writing, hand writing, voice memo writing, nothing kept the momentum going. Over the years people have asked if I would write a book about My Year of Hugs and the answer was always a resounding YES! But, that was over 10 years ago. I began to write it 2 years ago and ended up on another hug adventure instead. *shrugs* So, when the pandemic hit and I got divorced it became painfully obvious to me that I needed help (in oh so many ways, but specifically in writing my book). Not so surprisingly to those of you who may follow the Law of Attraction, I met a book editor/coach as I was passing through Colorado on my second hug adventure. So, when Maggie McReynolds (Unsettling Books) advertised opening up a new beta program inviting a group of people to write the first draft of their book in four months, I jumped at the chance. Sure, I absolutely still have moments like the picture above, however the enormous difference is that now, I have an entire first draft of my book completed. SCORE! While this is a huge accomplishment, the bigger dream I have is in actually publishing said book. So, when I realized that 90% of my first draft would need to be scrapped because I had gone off on one too many tangents, I knew Maggie was the one that would be able to help me birth my completed book into reality. She is my book doula and together we will deliver this book to you by the end of this year. May it be so.
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Susan Makin
1/26/2022 02:12:53 pm
❤️ Keep going! Can't wait to read it!❤️
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AuthorMelinda Lee is a mom of two adolescent boys, a devout student of all things spiritual, a recovering perfectionist, and immensely fascinated with achieving the unachievable. Currently writing a memoir about hugging strangers. Archives
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