Do you seem to eat, sleep and drink your book project? You are writing or revising it every minute you have available. And when you are not working on your book, you are thinking about it. You wake up in the night with ideas. You begin to consider changes or improvements while out walking. And in the middle of a conversation with someone on a completely unrelated topic, you might have an epiphany about how to handle a tricky problem in your story or the structure of your nonfiction book.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m in the thick of revising and updating my book, The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book<\/em> for Allworth Press\/Skyhorse and that project is currently ruling my life. Thankfully, I am enjoying every minute of the work\u2014well most minutes. Every once in a while I have a dilemma that makes me a little cranky. But for the most part, I love the work. I can\u2019t wait to get up in the morning to go back to work on it and I have trouble pulling myself away from my desk to visit with our house guest, to run an errand or even to take a walk.<\/p>\n I keep a pen and paper handy for note-taking so I don\u2019t forget a brilliant thought that occurs while I am away from my computer. The only thing I don\u2019t do is discuss the project with nonwriters\/nonauthors. They do not understand. If I start talking about a problem I\u2019m having with organization, my frustration with deciding what to pare down and what to keep, the joy I experience when the project is moving along nicely, my thrill at seeing it come together, seemingly, ahead of schedule, they look at me with eyes glazed over. <\/p>\n But you, my dear blog followers, you understand. You are in the trenches with me working on book projects. You are out there composing, revising, self-editing\u2014you know the joys and the challenges. Do you also have some tips for those writers who haven\u2019t become obsessed with their projects, yet? <\/p>\n Yes, there are hopeful authors who just can\u2019t discipline themselves to write. They are either genuinely too busy with life issues or they aren\u2019t motivated enough to sit down and do the writing they claim they want to do. <\/p>\n There are many reasons why authors don\u2019t write. Their excuses come in many shapes and forms. And it\u2019s a shame when someone has a story to tell or information they want to share, but they just can\u2019t get it together to actually do the writing. Or they get so far with their books and become stuck. Do you have advice for these authors?<\/p>\n Maybe my newest ebooklet would help. There has been quite a flurry of interest in 50 Reasons Why You Should Write That Boo<\/strong>k<\/em>. Get your free copy at http:\/\/www.patriciafry.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you seem to eat, sleep and drink your book project? You are writing or revising it every minute you have available. And when you are not working on your book, you are thinking about it. You wake up in the night with ideas. You begin to consider changes or improvements while out walking. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t