“How long should you try? Until.” – Jim Rohn
This quote speaks to me. Sometimes I wonder if all the hard work I put into my writing is worth the effort. But not putting the stories in my head on paper? I couldn’t stop if I wanted to. This week is about editing the second book in my Prosperity, Montana miniseries, using my editor’s suggestions. I like her suggestions–they always make my work stronger.
It’s time to get started. Whatever you do this week, make it count.
Until Wednesday,
Ann
It’s Monday–and the last day of March! Spring is here, and no matter where you live in the U.S., whether the temperatures are unusually cold or hotter than normal, the earth is abuzz with new life. And so is my brain.
A few days ago I pulled out an as-yet unpublished book I finished sometime back. A book I’ve been itching to clean up and either sell or self-publish. It’s amazing how the characters have stayed with me, and how they’ve changed since I first typed The End. I feel as if I’m visiting old friends. I’m loving all that I’m learning about them, and what I’ll be sharing with you, my readers.
This is where my head and heart will be for a while, delighting in and being surprised and sometimes stunned by these three closer-than-sisters friends. I’ll keep you posted on my progress.
Until Wednesday,
Ann
Ann Roth
It’s Monday, and my efforts to think outside the box continue. Over the next few weeks or months, I plan to alternate between multiple projects: the workshop I’ll be presenting in San Antonio at the annual Romance Writers of America conference in July, a women’s fiction novel already completed but in need of editing, a short story and a novella to go with the women’s fiction, and new stories for my Prosperity, Montana miniseries.
The first two projects are complete and awaiting revisions. Rather than simply reworking the material, I’m going to dig deeper. I’ll turn the conference workshop on its head and make it fresh and fun. As for the women’s fiction novel, anything goes! My three heroines are going to venture into places from which I’ve held them back. I can’t wait to see what unfolds.
These changes won’t come easily. They’ll take time and work, and I expected to be challenged and stretched considerably. I’m open to that. In fact, I’m excited to see where thinking outside the box takes me.
And those new stories for the Prosperity miniseries? Even now, they’re forming in my subconscious, gaining enough heft to pique my curiosity. When the time is right, I have no doubt that they’ll hop over to my conscious mind.
How are you planning to think outside the box, or are you happy with your current way of thinking?
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Until Wednesday,
Ann