Wow, can you believe we’re almost halfway through 2012 already?
Since it’s the first I thought I’d talk about my June goals.
1)Writing — I’m coming up on my deadline for the new book, so that will be my focus for most of the month.
2) Running – I’ve registered for a Fall half-marathon so it’s time to start training for that.
3) Lose four pounds (not an easy task while on deadline…the secrets to writing Act Three are hiding in the fridge)
What do YOU want to accomplish this month?
So there’s this new character, Zeke, in the sequel to CONFESSIONS OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN who is totally trying to hijack the story. (Which isn’t helpful since I’m coming up on my deadline to hand in the finished book…ack!)
He’s smart and charming and sexy and just wants me to run and play with him, but I can’t since this is Maggie’s story (she’d love to play with him too, but that’s a whole other story). I’m doing my best to ignore him. I’ve told him to behave, but he’s such a delightfully yummy distraction.
The problems I face…lol.
What (or who) is causing you trouble this week?
doesn’t mean I can’t do it tomorrow. The trick is to not stop trying.
That’s the advice I’m giving myself. I’m frustrated with both writing and running, but I keep reminding myself I’m not beaten until I choose to give up.
And that’s not an option.
What demons are you wrestling?
You know when you have a jam-packed day planned and something happens to throw everything off? That’s today.
Instead of getting out the door at seven this morning as planned, I had to waste a couple of hours waiting for a repariman to come and fix the hot water heater which suddenly conked out last night.
Hope your week is off to a better start. Any fun/exciting plans??
Everyone has their preconceptions of what NJ is like, so I wanted to share this pic Long Suffering snapped during our 4 mile run on Saturday.
I’m stuck on the chapter I’m writing right now for the sequel to CONFESSIONS OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN so I’m doing everything BUT writing.
So I was vacuuming, and I realized I might be a bit neurotic about vacuuming since I own four vacuums.
A regular one
A handheld
A steam cleaner
And a plug-in hand held for vacuuming up dog hair. (because the regular handheld never holds a charge long enough to clean up after the Giant Shedding Beast)
Do you think it’s neurotic to own four? How many do you own?
One of the reasons we adopted Dog 2, aka Doomsday, was that I wanted a running partner.
Of course life rarely works out the way we plan.
For one thing, DH started running with me not long after we’d adopted the dog.
For another, the dog needed training on the leash and for some behavioral issues, not the easiest task with a mutt who weighs close to 70 pounds.
We adopted Doomsday in September and today was the first time I really ran with her. And it was FANTASTIC. She behaved beautifully.
There were times, on all these months of training walks, that I despaired that she’d never “get it”. Because her progress was incremental, I often didn’t even register how far she’d come.
A lot of things in life are like that. We get so caught up in the steps to prepare for something that we fail to notice the progress we’re making. Or we’re so focused on the future goal that we don’t notice how freaking good the here-and-now really is.
A year ago having a running partner was just a dream. Now I have two!
What are YOU preparing for? What kind of progress are YOU making?
when I was on the treadmill last night.
But now I can’t remember what it was.
And I need all the help I can get with this book.
What about you? What do you need help with right now?
ETA: I remembered while walking the dog! Woohoo!
I feel like I’ve been failing at a lot of stuff lately. I keep trying, but it feels like NOTHING is working out the way I’d hoped. *
And somehow along the way, I’d forgotten that that’s okay.
I’d forgotten that any significant success I’ve had in any area of my life have been preceded by failure. Usually lots of it.
So I’m dusting myself off and trying again. I’ll probably fail again, but hopefully I’ll fail better.
I’m going to use this space to talk about my efforts, my failures, and hopefully the occassional successes.
I’ll start off with this: I’ve planned my training program for the half marathon I want to do in October. If I complete it, this will be my third. I’d REALLY like to improve my finishing time this time around which means I need to lose weight, be diligent and figure out a way to add in more running without getting injured (something I’ve failed at a number of times).
*This is an inaccurate thought. Of course some things have gone right/well, otherwise the sequel to CONFESSIONS OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN wouldn’t be coming out in October.
I can’t be the only one frustrated by her failures. What are YOU attempting again?
Not my words, but those of a reviewer for Dear Author about CONFESSIONS OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN.
You can read the whole review here.
