Here it is again, the Writer's Conference!
YEAH!!!!!
Last year I went in as a Rookie and was fascinated, educated and inspired.
I had posted a picture that I had taken with a new friend, an old friend and Susan Osborne.
I will repost it and see if we can get another pic with her this year.
I thought the three of us in the back looked like a 2010 version of Charlie's Angels....
stop laughing!
I always wanted to be "Farrah" and even had the 70's "wings" or "feathered" hair, but I
think Tina is our "Farrah".
(she's the blonde)
I would be happy being the Jacklyn Smith character (asian version)
if Sharon is ok with being the "Sabrina", who was the really smart one.
A year....it sure goes fast, doesn't it?
What I have done in the last year ?
(that has to do w/writing & speaking anyways)
1. Started to blog...semi-regularly..
I actually have some followers who I don't know personally!
2. Started a "Women of the Literary Guild" writing group w/friends.
..errr ...cohorts, meeting weekly
3.Started my "book", I use the term loosely....
(can you call 11 pages a book...yet?)
4. Signed up on Blogs for writers
5. Have ideas for other books
6.Dreamed of other books
7.Read other books
8. Bought some books
9.Encouraged others to write "their story"
Okay, I know #s 5-8 don't really count, but they DO have to do with writing...
and inspiration and motivation.
Think about what YOU have accomplished this last year taking you just a few steps closer to your goal or goals, whether they be writing, speaking or both...
or whatever YOUR goals may be.
Give yourself some credit, too.
I'm sure you did much more than you thought you could or would do.
If not, here are some things that helped me...
(I don't have a timeline like you would when setting a measurable, realistic goal)
1. Support- find an accountability partner, a partner in crime, so to speak.
Someone who will cheer you on, understand your frustrations as well as help you get up from falling down occasionally.
As iron sharpens iron.....
Two are better than one...
2. Trust- I trust the Lord to help me through this process. This is a new road for me and it is unknown, but trusting the Lord allows me to be open to what is laid down before me. There are some expectations, but I must be flexible to what the LORD is doing in me and through me...
Trust in the Lord with all your heart...
We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose..
3.Discipline- to DO what you have to DO....whether it be to write, diet, exercise, pray...
no one will do it FOR you, not even God....
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but of sound mind, power and discipline...
4. Vision- to see the Final product or destination..it will keep you going and it will remind you that it IS possible...
All things are possible with God...
Without vision, the people will persish...
5. Patience- good things take time... be patient with your results, your expectations, and with God. HE may be working ON you and IN you before HE can work THROUGH you...
That God, who began this good work in you, will carry on until it is finished..
...even in our trials and troubles- These very things...will develop mature character.
Keep Writing- Keep Praying- Keep Trusting!