Back to your regularly scheduled programming:
A while back, I announced that the pre-order was up for French Lessons, and that the release date would be January 31, my birthday.
I regret to inform you - and even more, I regret to inform me - that that that is no longer the case. The book will be released in March.
It's not that I haven't been working on it, or that it hasn't been going pretty well. But I write large books, and they require a lot of research, and marination time so that I don't simply vomit that research back up on the page. When I started this coaching program back in the summer, I had a somewhat optimistic idea of what I was capable of, and that idea was, naturally, encouraged.
That idea was wrong. Putting myself on a production schedule did the exact opposite of what it should. It made me feel less productive. And even when I'm down on myself for not getting things done, I understand that I am one of the most productive people I know. I worship at the altar of productivity. Pretty sure I had a blog post about that. So it wasn't the expectation of productivity, it was the deadline and the idea that I could accomplish something in that set period without feeling pressured or the book suffering for it.
Now that the deadline has been pushed back, I feel so much better. The words are coming more easily, and last night, one day after the official date that I should have been done this draft, I completely restructured the first chapter and it works so much better.
Know thyself. That's all. That's the post.
2 comments:
Good for you for realizing that an artificial deadline wouldn't work. You can't rush creative endeavors! Best wishes in finishing up the book!
Tried to leave a review on Amazon US but it said it wasn’t supported but I tracked you down! Want to say how much I enjoyed Songbird. I love Tudor history-but I think you excel at writing the inner thoughts, mind and heart of people - people who love people, who are vulnerable, who hope. You had a striking way of expressing things. I’m nearly 80, and yet things were put in a way I hadn’t heard before - yet rang exactly true. I think you’re a very good writer. (but hard to reach).
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