Today at 6:15 marks the day of my
freedom. For a couple of weeks, anyway.
As of closing today, I am on vacation.
Set to be off until December 3rd, and so happy I'm
practically dancing. Of course, I'm at work, so the whole watching
of the clock is really not helping with making the time go by faster,
but I can't help it. Every minute that ticks by is one minute closer
to a vacation I've been looking forward to all year, and I just can't
wait!
I'll get to pretend like I'm a real
professional writer that gets paid to do what I love. I'll get to go
down toe San Francisco and hang out with 250 other writers who also
do NaNo and get a bunch of writing down with them (as well as take
part in the world famous Candy Bar!). For two whole weeks I'm going
to be away from the day job and doing everything I love to do.
Of course, coming back on the third
isn't going to be nearly as much fun, but I think I can handle that.
I just have to remind myself that this isn't what I'm going to be
doing the rest of my life. That I'm going to have a novel ready to
query by January (yes, I know you've all heard this before, but the
truth of the matter is, I can't afford to wait any longer. I'm tired
of helping customers for 8 hours a day when all I want to be doing is
writing, or editing, or anything related to the creative process.)
So, while I just didn't have time to
get my third draft of Pandora done before nano started, I will be
picking up where I left off December 1st, and I will be
getting that novel out to beta readers BEFORE CHRISTMAS in the hopes
of getting it back by early January.
This vacation is going to remind me of
what I want to do with my life. It's going to show me how much I
could be getting done with my time (if I can write 300k words in
November while working a full time job, what could I do with that 8
hours to spend on my writing?) It's going to show me that life will
get better, all I have to do is not give up. And I won't be giving
up any time soon.
Alright, it's time to head back to work
after my break, but in only 4 hours and 45 minutes I will be walking
out of this building for the last time this month (okay, I might come
back for my paycheck, but close enough).
What are your goals as a writer?
Do you have a day job?
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Daily Word Count: 2334
Total Word Count: 117,589
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