Faced with massive amounts of pages that need rewriting, I’ve spent the entire morning struggling for inspiration. I took several days off, hoping to put a dent in the work I face, but so far I’m feeling totally intimidated with what’s in front of me. So I am left with only one choice. To dawdle.
I sent a few emails, posted stuff to people’s walls, read some blogs, subscribed to some and quickly became bored with all of that. I
even did some book shopping, scrolling through the lists of ebooks on Amazon. I scrolled through the top 100 lists in SciFi, fantasy, mystery, wondering how some of the new writers listed there felt about finding their self published works on the top 100 lists.
It took a few minutes, but eventually I realized those writers couldn’t have found their books on the top 100 list if they hadn’t been
published and a book can’t be published until it’s finished.
So I’ll stop my dawdling and get to work…but first, I had to make a post to this blog : )
M. L. Doyle has served in the U.S. Army at home and abroad for more than two decades as both a soldier and civilian. Mary is the author of The Desert Goddess series, an urban fantasy romp consisting of The Bonding Spell and The Bonding Blade. She has also penned The Master Sergeant Harper mystery series which has earned numerous awards including an IPPY, a Lyra Award and the Carrie McCray Literary Award. Mary is the co-author of two memoirs; A Promise Fulfilled; the story of a Wife and Mother, Soldier and General Officer (Jan. 201) and the memoir, I’m Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen—My Journey Home (Touchstone, 2010), which was nominated for an NAACP Image award. Mary's work has been published by The Goodman Project, The War Horse, The WWrite Blog and The Wrath-Bearing Tree, an online magazine for which she serves as a fiction editor. A Minneapolis, Minnesota native, Mary current lives in Baltimore. You can reach her at her website at mldoyleauthor.com.
3 comments on “Stop dawdling!”
Oh, I could have written this also! The things I do to avoid writing sometimes. And the internet is such a great way to waste time. Now get back to writing!
I'm not sure why I've had such a hard time lately, but the dawdling continues! Glad I'm not the only one.
I'm the same way. Some days spend more time thinking about how I'm going to market my book instead of writing it! I hope you found some motivation. 🙂