Another Over Due Update

I know I’ve been silent. A year ago, I had every intention of getting another story written and out into the world. Obviously, it didn’t happen. Anyone who might still be out there visiting this blog, I’m still here.

Many times, I thought of abandoning this pen name. Starting over with something else. Yet, when the domain name came up for renewal, I wasn’t sure what to do, so I let it renew for another year.

Last year when I wrote an update, I had every intention of getting another story written. In fact, I had the story started. But it turned into a mess and I wanted to get it done before the holidays. Those two things caused a great deal of frustration and stress for me, to where I abandoned the story and moved on.

THE PROBLEM AT HAND

I’m certain my key problem is I have an issue with perfectionism. Which honestly seems weird to me. I’ve never viewed myself as a perfectionist. In most areas of my life, I’m a ‘good enough’ type of person. Or a ‘well, at least I tried.’ But with writing, I want everything to be just so. Maybe because I care about writing and books more than other things in life and that is why I have this issue with writing.

I want the perfect story, the prefect pen name, the perfect blog posts, the perfect etc. The problem is, none of these things exist. There is no perfect anything, and perfection is subjective. What I think is the most perfect piece of cake, someone else will think is the worst piece of cake ever. Most things in life are subjective like that.

In short, I’ve been getting in my own way.

Now, I’m trying to get past myself and get more stories finished and out into the world for people to love, hate, or whatever.

MOVING FORWARD

Most of what I said in my last post from a year ago still applies to now. I’m not making promises on anything, but this time I do have renewed vigor towards my writing. I’m going to dust off this blog, get back to posting here more frequently. Sometimes taking the time to write a blog post sparks my enthusiasm for writing my fiction. I’m also at work on another story.

I doubt I’ll do a holiday story this season, which is a shame, as I’m a total sucker for Christmas romance stories. But considering we are already past mid November, right now, I don’t want that kind of pressure.

Again, I’m not making and promises about anything right now. I’m just trying to find my footing again and get back into all of this.

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