Writers Write!

Author Ray Bradbury once said, "Find something you love to do, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

I have decided that a realistic writing goal for me, being a mother of three, would be to write five hours a week.  Anything extra will just be an added bonus! I am going to steal any spare time I may have, be it during naps, late at night, early in the morning, or any breaks I may have during my work days. I love the quote by award-winning children's author Katherine Paterson, "Success might have come sooner if I'd had a room of my own and fewer children, but I doubt it.  For as I look at my writing, it seems to me that the very persons who took away my time and space are the ones who have given me something to say."

I have decided that my biggest critic is going to be myself, so I have decided that I just need to believe in myself.  I need to tell myself every chance I get that I will make a career out of my writing and I will accomplish my goals.  My brother recently competed in a regional wrestling tournament where he did the best he has ever done, he took first in Region.  He kept telling himself that he would win! So...

I will publish a novel!

I will publish a novel!

I will publish a novel!