I dreamed about being a writer and here I am living my dream. I'm a writer. But this is not an end, it's a process, a journey, and it continues. Come, walk along with me as I write.
I used to believe that I couldn’t possibly write about writing. Although I had pieces published at Absolute Write, Writing Corner and other writing sites, I still felt I could never consistently write about writing as eloquently as the other writers did. No way could I ever invoke such passion in myself or worse, in others, especially writers. Nah, I’d stick to my decorating pieces.
Yet here I am embroiled in this blog and connecting with some wonderful bloggers: passionate, creative, joyful, inspiring writers - identifying with their stories, and they identifying with mine.
It's not about writing eloquently but truthfully, authentically and passionately.
Thank you for following and subscribing to Perspectives on Writing. You are the ones who are fueling my passion and sprinkling petals of inspiration on my journey.
This is just awesome! Joanne DeMaio from Whole Latte Life gave me this wonderful Lovey Award. I'm so thrilled.
The Lovey Award is for "blogs that are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to three bloggers who must choose three more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."
B J is a kindred journal- keeper whose passion for the practice oozes from every line in every post. If I didn't keep a journal, after reading one post on her blog, she'd have me journaling in a heart beat as if my life depended on it.
"Writing stories that leave a fingerprint on the heart" describes Terri's blog but Terri is the true treasure because each post is a reflection of her generous heart.
In the pursuit of a full, rich and purposeful life, sleeping is not an option. Awake is good, in fact it is much better than sleeping-waking through life. Jan shows you how to wake up to your life and incorporate the daily practices that make it special.
I'll leave you now to hop on over and visit these wonderful bloggers/writers.
It was time to observe my New Year ritual, so I settled down on the porch with my 10-year journal, my notebook, my new journal and a cup of tea for some serious review, reassessment and planning.
I identified a few goals I want to achieve this year but more importantly, I decided to adopt and focus on the term, "just one more" with every writing and writing-related task or project I undertake - administrative duties, research, writing/blogging, editing, reviewing, reading, etc.
The days of stopping short of completing tasks on my to-do list are over. With God's help I am taking a new approach to everything I do to enhance and advance my writing career.
The concept of "just one more" entails doing one more thing, going one more step, reading for one more hour or one more chapter, writing one more page, doing one more round of editing, sending one more query and submission to one more market, etc.
I've read about and experienced first-hand, the benefits of doing one more thing, taking one more proactive step, not settling for less than excellent efforts. And that is what 'just one more" means really - refusing to settle for mediocrity or good enough.
If we want to achieve our writing goals, accomplish our writing dreams and be the writers we want to be, then we must be willing to give ourselves one more push, go one step further, take one more chance and do one more thing to make them happen.
It is not always easy to do one more of anything at the end of a busy day of home, family and work responsibilities and other demands that may come up unexpectedly. Even fulltime writers can easily become overwhelmed and sidetracked by the other responsibilities in their lives.
From time to time, I will share my progress with you. Hopefully you will be encouraged to adopt this concept for your own writing practice.
Guess what? I wrote one more post for our Saturday Soirée and scheduled it for posting next Saturday.
Have you sorted out what goals you want to go after this year? Do you have an overriding goal or strategy to improve your success at achieving them? I've shared mine; you're welcome to share yours.
Whatever our writing goals are, however simple, however grand, however varied, let's determine to keep writing, a little everyday or as often as our lifestyles and responsibilities will allow because we're writing up a storm this year. Aren't we?
Since I am not quite up to speed yet, and don’t want to miss our Saturday Soiree, I have these short pieces of advice for:
Aspiring writers: Start. Please start. Whatever and wherever it is, go to your writing space and write.
Beginning writers: Keep going. Spread your wings. Take a chance or two. Write
Working writers: Continue to don your battle gear, load up on vital supplies and fight your internal and external demons. Write in celebration of past achievements. Write to explore the deeper recesses of your heart. Write to expand your borders. Write.
At the heart of it all is the dream, the passion, the act and the process. So my friends, write purposefully, write passionately, write free, write with heart, write from your heart. Let’s write up a storm this year.
Ready for another list of writers I've met online and who continue to inspire me with their writing, their faith, their perspectives on life in general and the writing life in particular?
I am a sucker for a mystery/suspense story, so when my friend Saru offered to send me a copy of her debut novel I said, "Yes. Thank you. I can't wait."
It was a long one too, 718 pages. I put aside almost everything else to read it through, that's how riveting it was.
Sarudzai was born in Islington but then at the age of ten moved to Zimbabwe to live with her parents and siblings. She studied Occupational Therapy at the University of Zimbabwe and then returned to London in 1998 to work. A Disappointing Truth is her debut novel.
I'm displaying this post on my other blogs to help promote Saru's book.
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