It’s Wordbitches Wednesday and
with BEING A NEW WORDBITCH?!
Leanne, Elena, and Trish invited me to be the fourth Wordbitch and I accepted. While I’m waiting for the actual award statue to arrive in the mail (I’m assuming there will be one. They haven’t said there’s one or anything but now that it’s on the internet it’s true), I feel I should thank all the people in my life who have contributed to helping me develop the talents and personality traits needed to truly earn this acknowledgement. You know who you are. (You are NOT getting a statue.)
But, you may ask, how did this happen?
3 years ago, I attended the Surrey International Writers’ Conference. I sat behind 3 women and eavesdropped. I thought they were hilarious and tried to say something fantastically amazing to them (probably the phrase “fantastically amazing”) and a friendship was born. –To be honest, I think once they found out I was from the States, they felt obligated because they have better chocolate.
But, you may ask, who am I?
I’m a mom of 3 and a wife of a pediatric dentist. I have advanced degrees that I look at occasionally and wonder when my major argumentative point became: “Because I’m your mother.”
I write fiction and humor and humorous fiction. I have a blog called Comedy of Errers where I contemplate life. When I get tired of that, I talk about shoes.
I spend my life telling myself the time I’m writing isn’t wasted, although I have 2 unfinished manuscripts and I started a 3rd. I have the least writing accomplishments of this group of fantastically amazing ladies but I have the brightest hair. I’m counting this.
And I need accountability, which is what this blog is about. I’m determined to find time to write 500 words (today it was during swimming and piano lessons) because I have the goal of publishing. And I really want the two rewards I’ve decided on when this happens:
- A pair of Frye boots
- Flying to Sacramento to have my friend Sarah take professional shots of me. (I haven’t talked to her about this. I figure I’ve got a while.)
And some days, only these 2 goals keep me going.
So how about you? What rewards do you have lined up when you publish or reach a significant goal? How do you keep yourself going when you want to quit? And how long does it take to break in a pair of Frye’s?
