Happy March 1st!  Tonight I'm the featured author in a live chat over at NovelTalk. 9pm EST  Please come if you can. I'd love to see some friendly faces, er, names.     

Harlequin/Silhouette Bombshell author, Kelly Parra, interviewed me for her March slot of "Words of an Author".  While you're there check out some of her interviews with other authors. "Words of an Author" is a great feature and I thank Kelly for including me! 

Now some thoughts on treading dark, scary waters...

I'm working hard this morning on my first of the month updates to my web site. Trying to simplify the home page and better organize other pages. Not an easy task. Doubt I'll finish before I have to leave for work at the library, but at least I took the plunge.

Wrote close to 3 pages on the TCC 2 synopsis. 3 pages of drek, but at least I took the plunge. 

Sometimes the mere thought of starting a new project leaves us paralyzed. The fear that we won't be able to or don't know how to tackle said project. Or the dread of how time consuming it will be. (The reason my garage remains a pack-rat disaster zone) I confess I drug my feet a couple of weeks on this particular synopsis. I didn't have a firm grip on the story. A lot of notions swirling around in my head. They would have continued to swirl if I hadn't started to pin them down on paper. I may not keep everything that I wrote yesterday, but it's helping to get the story straight in my mind. It's showing me that I HAVE a story. The simple fact that I have something on paper (or rather on my screen) makes the project less daunting. I know if I attack it day by day in whatever portions of time I have, if I keep swimming, before I long I'll reach the other side. Mission complete. 

Don't let fear and dread keep you from starting or making progress on a project. Just do it. (Thanks for the reminder Taylor.)  I wanted to start the synopsis by March 1 and I did. I'm on my way. Woo-hoo!  

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
American Civil Rights Leader

Thanks, B, for your words this morning. They were very helpful. I always need these reminders.

Keep going! You always jump into the scary waters. You're an inspiration!

Love, C

Good for you for starting the synopsis Beth. You're absolutely right, that starting can often be the hardest part. I often find that my anticipation of something is usually much worse than the reality of a situation and I end up kicking myself for procrastinating about it. Better to just dive right in. Keep up the good work!

I'm just going to chime in--I NEEDED THIS TODAY BETH! Really. I have an agent (yes, a real live agent) that is waiting for me to rework the first 3 chapters of one of my novels. I started it--all gungho in glory, and then somewhere near the beginning of Chapter 3 I halted. Scared. Fearful that if I DID indeed find myself with an agent (can you imagine)--then I would have to rewrite the entire novel (these were massive changes). And UGH! I think I went and hid in the back closet under the piles of jackets under the floor.

But anyway--reminding me that EVERY writer has these fears--has got my but in gear. Opening that last chapter now. Going to finish. Going to submit (again). Going to cross my fingers.

Good for you!! I agree that starting is the hardest thing. Lori :)

Thanks Beth! I REALLY needed this one. :)

I'm glad everyone found inspiration in today's post! I keep looking at MLK's quote, thinking-- I really need to tape that near my computer. ;)

Bethany, sounds like you're on your way. Now's not the time to be skittish. Go, girl, go! Sometimes revisions can seem daunting, but usually once you egt started, they're easier to tackle than you imagined. Remember you're working to make your story the best it can be. Let us know how it goes.

Oops. You guessed it. Anon was me.

You're on the way to the top! Glad to see your trucking ahead at a steady, confident pace.

Good for you, Beth...you got started on a difficult aspect of writing--the synopsis! And a great quote there! Sorry I missed the novel talk--I was on a work appt. and got home late.

Good for you, Beth. And love the quote.

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