Let me start out this post with some rather personal information.
I have lupus.
For
those of you who don’t know about lupus, it’s an auto-immune disease
that causes antibodies to go a little wonky and start attacking my own
body. Suffice to say, it’s a bitch.
So
what does my disease have to do with writing romance novels? It’s one
of those roadblocks that every author has to face. And there are plenty
of them out there!
In
my case, the lupus plagues me two major symptoms—pain in my joints and
muscles and something called “toxic fatigue.” Imagine having the aches
and exhaustion of a bad case of flu on pretty much a daily basis. That’s
what it’s like to have this damned disease.
Now,
please don’t think I’m blogging about this just to whine or elicit your
sympathy. Far from it! I have faced lupus the same way other authors
face myriad things that keep us from writing. I work around it.
There
will be so many different things that keep a writer away from her
craft. We all know that. What a writer has to do is find ways to go
over, under, around, through those roadblocks and keep churning out
words.
One
thing that helps me tremendously is that I love the craft so very much.
Writing, from my perspective, allows me an outlet for the voices in my
head that never want to shut up. I love creating new people and places. I
love designing my own “worlds.” It’s like playing a literary version of
The Sims.
But
no matter how much I love writing, there are days I have to make myself
sit down and write. I have to force myself past my roadblocks. The
pain. Being tired. Wanting to just surf the internet. Wanting to watch
the latest episode of The Walking Dead. It’s up to me to resist all
those temptations. I have to get down to business and remember my goals.
Knowing
how easy it is to make excuses, I’ve made it a goal in 2014 to write
every single day. Even if I only get down a few hundred words, I strive
to write something. The only way I can achieve that goal is to make
writing one of the highest priorities in my life. That’s the only way
I’ll keep my career moving forward.
What roadblocks keep you from writing? Have you found any tips to help other writers get around those roadblocks?
For the fans of Jennifer Probst, Ruth Cardello and Jill Shalvis, comes a series about love, friendship, and lunch!
When
life gets tough and love is hard to find, four friends take their
troubles to lunch. High school teacher Juliana Kelley tells the Ladies
Who Lunch that her life needs an overhaul . . . and gets a whole lot
more than she wished for.
Juliana
has spent thirteen years in the same teaching job. She’s ready to dive
into a new career with both feet . . . when a run-in with the hottest
man she’s ever seen knocks her head over heels. But with her failed
marriage to a fellow teacher fresh on her mind, Jules can’t afford to
lose herself in a relationship-no matter how perfect it may seem.
Connor
Wilson has hit rock bottom when he loses his career as a top-notch
Realtor because of a large gambling debt. Now, in a small town he finds a
fresh start-and a gorgeous redhead who sparks new life into him.
Together they start a successful real estate company, but when pleasure
sneaks into the business, they’ll have to decide what they can let go . .
. and what they can’t live without.
Word count: 75,000-85,000
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Genre - Contemporary Romance
Rating – PG-13
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