Glory passed the five figure mark this month. Not too shabby given that it’s just the one book and nobody in military scifi has ever heard of me. Let’s be real…no one has ever heard of me, ever. Lol.
Seriously, there’s something kind of cool about that, to be honest. I can sit here and do my thing. Write what I want. The pressure and expectation is low, at least from the outside, and I really appreciate that. Genuinely. I’m not looking forward to that kind of pressure…though, when it does come, I will handle it as well as I can.
I really am figuring out this writing thing, you guys. It’s starting to click into place. I’m starting to get good at getting the work done, which is without question the key to everything. EVERYTHING. And I’m starting to solve that puzzle. It’s one of the biggest challenges I’ve ever faced, and one of the biggest reliefs.
Not that the struggle is over. Sigh. No…I’m afraid it’ll always be a part of my process to struggle, to shoot myself in the foot or otherwise succumb to “resistance” now and then. But, it doesn’t have to rule me. Not like it has in the past, where I was completely frozen and unable to move. THAT’S the big breakthrough: getting unstuck. That’s the big relief.
Work was insane today. Very, VERY busy. Good god. Tomorrow will be busy, too. Exhausting work. But…I got a big project done today, and I should finish another one tomorrow…and the book is coming along.
It’s all coming along.
Night night.