Eating my cake
In September, I will celebrate ten years as a published fiction writer. It never occurred to me in January 1994 when I wrote the first line of SEALED WITH A KISS that I would be the author of 3o fiction titles by September 2005. It boggles my mind. I guess I've been working hard, because in the meantime, I've been writing very serious stuff for such organizationsas the World Bank, the United Nations Population Fund, The United Nations Population Division, TheWorld Fertility Survey, various developing countries and foundations engaged in population activities.
And before I began writing fiction, I worked full time as a demographer. But fiction writing gives me a real bang. Sometimes, my imagination runs amuck, and I have to reel it in, but most of the time I'm as happy writing as a little pig in hog heaven. So if you've always wanted to write, get a piece of paper and pen or pencil, or a typwriter(what's that?) or a computer and write. Perhaps I'll meet you at a writer's or reader's conference. This is the life.
If one of my fellow writers disagrees, let me know.
Gwynne
posted by Gwynne @ 9:27 PM
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4 Comments:
I know all about procrastination.... I am a master of it! LOL. Did a piece on the same topic on my blog as well. It takes true skill to be a procratinator and still look incredibly busy!... Good luck on the book. Nice blog.
Gwynne,
My aunt gave me your first book and I've been a fan every since. I've been procrastinating for the past two weeks...I need to stop blogging and get to writing...smile
I must chime in as well as I am all too familiar with procrastination. Even when I have days to fully devote to writing, I can come up with small things that I need to do all of a sudden and that as soon as I get them done, then I can be worry free and concentrate fully on my writing. Yep, that's a procrastination technique.
Gwynne,
I've just completed the final proof of my fourth novel and am still grateful to be published. If I had it to do over again, I think I would have submitted earlier. But in the midst of full career and raising children, I couldn't find the time to complete a thought. Now that my children are older, I enjoy writing. I would do if for free. Even the re-writes and q's from my editor don't dampen my enthusiasm.
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