Thought for the Week - January 23rd

I am so ready for warmer weather.

Not hot weather, but warm would be nice.

IWSG - January 2020

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Cohosts for this month are T. Powell Coltrin,Victoria Marie Lees, Stephen Tremp, Renee Scattergood, and J.H. Moncrieff!

Option Question: What started you on your writing journey? Was it a particular book, movie, story, or series? Was it a teacher/coach/spouse/friend/parent? Did you just "know" suddenly you wanted to write?

Ten years ago this month, I did a personal NaNoWriMo just to see if I could finish a full-length novel. In January of 2010, I wrote 80,000 words while working full time. And enjoyed it so much I couldn't stop writing.

It took 14 rewrites, learning all the way, before I submitted it for possible publication. I received an R&R and did another major rewrite. And received an offer. The book published in June 2013. I've written a lot of books since then, some award-winning.

I've obviously gotten faster, but it's taken a long time to get here. In many ways I miss the longer process because I got to know and love those characters in my first book so much.