Editing, judging, article-writing, oh my! I\u2019ve been a busy writer, lately. <\/p>\n
I wrote to a friend of mine yesterday telling her how busy I am\u2014that I have a couple of large client jobs, just received a book contract and need to do more revisions on the book, have an article due, judged a writing contest this week, have four presentations to prepare for and I need to start preparing for a trip. She emailed me back and said, \u201cYou must learn to say, \u2018No.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n
What? I asked, puzzled by her suggestion. Then I realized that she thought I was complaining.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, I\u2019m not complaining,\u201d I told her. \u201cI\u2019m bragging. I\u2019m elated. I\u2019m enjoying myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
It has been a slow year and I am happy to have more work coming in. I love my clients and appreciate the opportunities to work with them and with a brand new (to me) publisher. After all, a writer who is not keeping busy doing writerly things, is not being fulfilled.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t you feel that way? Don\u2019t you prefer being involved in writing work\u2014having a project\u2014a deadline? I do\u2014always have. Sure, I may complain. But I wouldn\u2019t change the career I chose 35 years ago and my funky cat-infested office for any corporate job in any pristine, air-conditioned building in any city.<\/p>\n
What about you? Have you chosen a career or a second career as a writer\/author? Would love to hear your story. Now, I must get back to work. I\u2019m on a couple of deadlines.<\/p>\n
Learn more about me, my books, my upcoming speaking events and more at my websites: Also check out the informative articles for authors and writers and the multitude of resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Editing, judging, article-writing, oh my! I\u2019ve been a busy writer, lately. I wrote to a friend of mine yesterday telling her how busy I am\u2014that I have a couple of large client jobs, just received a book contract and need to do more revisions on the book, have an article due, judged a writing contest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[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
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