The Grit

Meh.

I’m tired. I know you can relate.

I’m thinking the best part of having a passion or hobby is the feeling of rightness. I just had a conversation with someone about their not having a creative bone in their body and felt like I was sitting next to an alien. It’s like fundamentally wrong to me when someone doesn’t know how to create.

You’re missing out.

Saying that is mean, so odds are I’ll go the encouraging route. And I did with that person because being creative in any way, shape, or form - it’s life changing.

But - I’m falling behind on here because like most of my things, they begin to get away from me and lost in the mix. However, the mix is pretty intense so I forgive myself and am letting it be what it is because I’ve knocked out two full drafts of two completely different stories.

For anyone who is wondering. My plan is to toss out a few of my stand alone stories. Mostly because I want to get them out of my brain. Then I’m going to let out my first series. So many people say that I am doing this backwards and should have led with a series and hooked a reading base and yada yada yada. Those are the same people that say I should make marketing a main focus of my life. Those are also the people that have nothing to do with my real life so I don’t really factor in their thoughts on my plans. The way I see it is - if people like my reading, they will buy the book. If they like it, they will tell others. After a while, I will have plenty of books out there for the people that do like them. And if they don’t, and they have the unhappy moment of looking down at my cover and growling that they wasted money on it, then it will go and live on a thrift store shelf and I’ll still be happy.

For me, a lot of this was just about making the decision. Now that it’s made, it’s done and I don’t let myself agonize over these things. There is no unpublishing the book. That bad boy is out there. And it’s freeing in a way because now that I’ve done two books - I’m just walking the path.

This website, all of these weird posts, it’s just a part of the path. And my personal philosophy in life is to make whatever path I’m on to be the most amazing, awesome, favorite, baller path there is.

Currently, my path is crushing being a wife and homeschool mom, getting baby goats, exploring my map dot of Texas, and publishing my silly stories.

And if you’re one of those people that finished the book and saw my little website note and are now here - heyyyyyy homie! This is the smallest snippet of me and mine. Enjoy - or hit that little X in the top right corner of your screen and move on. The path is only so long, spend it doing what brings you joy!