My how time flies. A lot has happened since my last update. I quit a job that was causing me immense amounts of stress, started a new job that is amazing and stress-free, we sold our house back in Ohio, moved into a new house, my second daughter was born, and I turned 29. *whew*
The book still isn’t done and that’s okay. The job from Hell took a lot out of me, a lot more than I realized. I thought I had been handling the stress well but that wasn’t the case. I had stopped being creative, stopped writing, I even stopped enjoying life. It was terrible and I wish I could take that year of my life back. I finally quit (without notice) after lining up another job. Some people call that “burning bridges”, but in a right to work state they wouldn’t have given me any notice if they were firing me. (And they didn’t, when they fired my buddy.) So I fired them.
But I’m back on the writing wagon and it feels good. I’m not getting as much done as I would like, but that’s to be expected with a toddler and newborn. I’m happy again. Life is good. (And it’s October, the best month of the year!) I’ll try to update this blog more often. At least once every week or two. Twitter is still the go-to for daily updates, though even those have been sporadic lately.
My writing related stat for the day: I sent two stories out into the wild last week. Hopefully they’ll find a good home soon.
Glad to hear things are getting better, and that you fired the job!
Ha! I’ve had loooong absences from my blog now and then. Once as long as a year. Sometimes it’s necessary.
Keep up the writing and good luck placing those stories. Oh, and congrats on the new addition!