I don’t quite know what it is about starting a new project that lifts my spirits so, but as I sit here writing this blog, I feel better about myself than I have in weeks.  I’d almost liken it to a drug addict getting a new fix, though my drug of choice isn’t going to kill me. (I think?!?)

For quite sometime now, I’ve been buried under edits, rewrites and general paperwork that coincides with the business side of being an author.  It’s not fun.  It’s not glamorous and it’s not something I want to waste my time doing, but it is a necessary evil.  Thankfully I’m now caught up with edits and am free to start a new project that I’ve eagerly been playing in my head for the last few days. 

Chapter 1 of my new novella tentatively titled ‘Until the End’ is complete and at this moment I’m very happy with it.  Maybe it’s the idea of being able to take what I’ve learned from the mistakes I’ve already made and start fresh.  Maybe it’s the fact that as of right now, my virgin work is in my eyes perfect.  That of course will change with the wonderful help of my critique partners, who will no doubt rip it to shreds and ever so gently tell me I can do better.  Or maybe I’m thinking way to hard about all of this and need to have my head examined. 

Whatever the reasons, and for however long it lasts, I’m once again excited about being a writer.  Now if I could only get gameboy as excited about bringing his grades up, life would be perfect and I’d be dancing on the moon.

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