February 5, 2016

Have you ever had one of those weeks where, no matter how hard you try to stay on task, unexpected happenings boot you out of your normal routine?

That’s the kind of week I’ve had.

Never complain, never explain is a good motto to adopt, so that’s all I’m going to say about that except to note that my ability to write in marathons seems to have shrunk. Right now, parental duties pretty thoroughly break up my day, creating slots of time that I fill with writing and a crazy attempt to simultaneously sling laundry around while cooking dinner and restoring some sort of order to the house.

I’m sure the writing life is glamorous for someone, somewhere…

Writing Projects

I am still editing Sojourner, Tales of Faeraven 3, in a third pass. This weekend I hope to  give it a concerted effort. Although taking so long is painful, I want to put out my best work.

Yesterday, I looked over my entry and author bio in the galley for the Lenten devotional Pelican book group, my publisher for Tales of Faeraven, will release on Monday.

Blogging

Because of Live Write Breathe, the website where I teach and mentor other writers, being named one of the best 100 websites for writers in 2016 by The Write Life,  it has seen a lot more traffic. Since I had no idea I was seriously in the running for this honor, I had been ignoring website issues at Live Write Breathe while focusing on my author website. The announcement was akin to my husband calling halfway through the day to say that, by the way, he forgot to tell me he invited the boss over for dinner tonight.

My author website has been languishing as a result. I’m hopeful this pace will settle down eventually. I’ll be adding a virtual assistant to help me keep up, though. There’s a point, when a business takes off, that you have to delegate. I’ve never been good at that, but I’m about to learn.

The Creative Worlds of Janalyn Voigt e-letter will publish a week late, but I decided I should sleep sometime.