What Happens When You Finish a Book
I have some writer friends, professionals who make much of their living from writing, who finish one book and immediately start another. No downtime. No decompression. No wait between. I don't make my living from writing and don't usually have to do that.
l declared my latest book done this morning and sent it in to the Editor. About 73,000 words. A western/historical. I understand there may be edits down the line but for now I can let that work slip out of my mind. Or can I? Easier said than done.
The first part of the book was a bit of a struggle but once the characters jelled it became a lot of fun. And now it's done. And I don't have another book contract immediately. I have a few minutes to breath. But on my walk I found myself working over the ending of the book again. I had to make myself stop. And last night when I went to bed, I had to force my thoughts into unusual channels because I was not still writing the book, only giving it the final read through to make sure it was as good as I could make it.
Now, what am I going to do with myself today? Well, if you're reading this then you know one thing I'm doing. It's not a book but I'm going to write something today anyway. This blog, and probably a short flash fiction I've been asked to do. But not the book I've lived with for the past four months (give or take).
And what will I do tonight when I lay down to sleep? Every night for months now I've been living inside that book for a little while when I laid down. Tonight I won't need to. Tonight my thoughts will be free. That's kind of scary. https://nuhoangskin.blogspot.com/2023/05/cac-buoc-on-gian-e-co-lan-da-ep.html | https://manage.wix.com/dashboard/d8786d92-5007-42eb-ae2e-8d06c8d9b674/blog/b67bc8b4-db61-4036-ac42-9c6913724744/edit | https://nuhoangskin.wordpress.com/2023/05/31/huong-dan-cham-soc-da-tu-az-cho-nguoi-moi-bat-dau/ | https://vin.gl/p/5952812?wsrc=link | https://bit.ly/cac-buoc-cham-soc-da | https://www.reddit.com/user/nuhoangskin/comments/13riaa5/n%E1%BB%AF_ho%C3%A0ng_skinmang_%C4%91%E1%BA%BFn_cho_b%E1%BA%A1n_v%E1%BA%BB_%C4%91%E1%BA%B9p_tuy%E1%BB%87t_m%E1%BB%B9/ | https://www.pinterest.com/pin/927600854481337521 | https://www.scoop.it/topic/nuhoangskin/p/4144464024/2023/05/31/cac-buoc-cham-soc-da | https://www.behance.net/gallery/172006871/Chia-s-cac-buc-cham-soc-da-co-bn | https://boosty.to/nuhoangskin/posts/9b5afce8-0ce8-4dd7-a597-08940f5138ae?share=success_publish_link
l declared my latest book done this morning and sent it in to the Editor. About 73,000 words. A western/historical. I understand there may be edits down the line but for now I can let that work slip out of my mind. Or can I? Easier said than done.
The first part of the book was a bit of a struggle but once the characters jelled it became a lot of fun. And now it's done. And I don't have another book contract immediately. I have a few minutes to breath. But on my walk I found myself working over the ending of the book again. I had to make myself stop. And last night when I went to bed, I had to force my thoughts into unusual channels because I was not still writing the book, only giving it the final read through to make sure it was as good as I could make it.
Now, what am I going to do with myself today? Well, if you're reading this then you know one thing I'm doing. It's not a book but I'm going to write something today anyway. This blog, and probably a short flash fiction I've been asked to do. But not the book I've lived with for the past four months (give or take).
And what will I do tonight when I lay down to sleep? Every night for months now I've been living inside that book for a little while when I laid down. Tonight I won't need to. Tonight my thoughts will be free. That's kind of scary. https://nuhoangskin.blogspot.com/2023/05/cac-buoc-on-gian-e-co-lan-da-ep.html | https://manage.wix.com/dashboard/d8786d92-5007-42eb-ae2e-8d06c8d9b674/blog/b67bc8b4-db61-4036-ac42-9c6913724744/edit | https://nuhoangskin.wordpress.com/2023/05/31/huong-dan-cham-soc-da-tu-az-cho-nguoi-moi-bat-dau/ | https://vin.gl/p/5952812?wsrc=link | https://bit.ly/cac-buoc-cham-soc-da | https://www.reddit.com/user/nuhoangskin/comments/13riaa5/n%E1%BB%AF_ho%C3%A0ng_skinmang_%C4%91%E1%BA%BFn_cho_b%E1%BA%A1n_v%E1%BA%BB_%C4%91%E1%BA%B9p_tuy%E1%BB%87t_m%E1%BB%B9/ | https://www.pinterest.com/pin/927600854481337521 | https://www.scoop.it/topic/nuhoangskin/p/4144464024/2023/05/31/cac-buoc-cham-soc-da | https://www.behance.net/gallery/172006871/Chia-s-cac-buc-cham-soc-da-co-bn | https://boosty.to/nuhoangskin/posts/9b5afce8-0ce8-4dd7-a597-08940f5138ae?share=success_publish_link
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