Feeling more in tune
I have been out of sync with myself lately. When I tune into it, I can tell.
Even when I've been writing -- I've been trying to force specific stories or types of books, series, writing things that weren't really what I wanted to write because I thought I needed to in order to create a successful career as an indie author. The irony is that trying to force myself down certain specific paths was keeping me from writing anything. Which certainly isn't the way to create a successful writing career.
I'm fine with writing to market, but I still need to write like me, and that's what I wasn't doing. I was trying to write like someone else, create a series like someone else, and I can't do that. All that does it keep me all up in my head about whether I'm doing it "right" or if this will be what the market wants, etc.
I need to focus on writing a good story, first. Because without that the rest doesn't matter.
I have been reading Cathy Heller's new book, Don't Keep Your Day Job, after listening to her podcast by the same name for a long time, and the way she is saying things in this book is some how just really hitting home for me in a different way right now. Its reminding me to follow MY passions, go where the whisper of my heart leads me and trust the process, and understand that we develop our purpose in life, we don't just discover it under a rock like a fairy -- clearly those are all messages I needed to hear right at this moment, because they are resonating with me in a serious way.
So I'm here to check in with myself, and also to remind you, gentle reader, to keep on following the path of your passions, wherever its going to lead, because at the very least, that feeling of being in alignment with yourself is the whole point of the journey.
Even when I've been writing -- I've been trying to force specific stories or types of books, series, writing things that weren't really what I wanted to write because I thought I needed to in order to create a successful career as an indie author. The irony is that trying to force myself down certain specific paths was keeping me from writing anything. Which certainly isn't the way to create a successful writing career.
I'm fine with writing to market, but I still need to write like me, and that's what I wasn't doing. I was trying to write like someone else, create a series like someone else, and I can't do that. All that does it keep me all up in my head about whether I'm doing it "right" or if this will be what the market wants, etc.
I need to focus on writing a good story, first. Because without that the rest doesn't matter.
I have been reading Cathy Heller's new book, Don't Keep Your Day Job, after listening to her podcast by the same name for a long time, and the way she is saying things in this book is some how just really hitting home for me in a different way right now. Its reminding me to follow MY passions, go where the whisper of my heart leads me and trust the process, and understand that we develop our purpose in life, we don't just discover it under a rock like a fairy -- clearly those are all messages I needed to hear right at this moment, because they are resonating with me in a serious way.
So I'm here to check in with myself, and also to remind you, gentle reader, to keep on following the path of your passions, wherever its going to lead, because at the very least, that feeling of being in alignment with yourself is the whole point of the journey.
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