It’s the start
of the holiday season and thing are slowing down. For the next month, there won’t
be a lot of offers, folks getting ‘the call’, or a lot of decisions being made
on submissions even from agents. What can a writer do to stay busy and avoid
worrying about whether or not their baby is about to win the diamond tiara?
Write! Take this
time to start a new work, edit the WIP, or proofread for a friend. Enjoy the
season! Stash your work on a disk and take a mini-vacation from writing. Meet a
deadline early. Get together with other writers and talk about the dismal state
of the industry…just kidding. Enough of that negativity takes place
accidentally. Get together and enjoy the opportunity of sharing with other
folks who ‘get it’.
Head on over to
Amazon or another book outlet, and pick a Christmas read from an emerging
author. Someone you haven’t read before. Let this be the year that you discover
a wonderful new talent and then go back and leave a review
Give away a copy
of your book! Give away a copy of a friend’s.
Whatever you do,
enjoy every day from St. Nick’s to Christmas to Three Kings. Let the entire
month have special meaning for you. Let Christ slide into your heart in places
you’ve never allowed Him before.
Things are
sloooowing down, but you can enjoy this time in very special ways!
3 comments:
"Let Christ slide into your heart in places you’ve never allowed Him before." - love that, Linda. It's all about His presence.
Amen, Davalynn! Sometimes we are so wrapped up in the chaos, we forget!
It's difficult to go on hiatus from a cherished project as you wait for the delayed yes from the publisher. But I do appreciate your suggestion to read something different, edit for a friend, etc. And I especially applaud the idea of always writing reviews of every book we read - as a favor to all others in the trade. Thanks for this very timely post.
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