The dreaded rewrite

Hello again,

Just to get you up to speed, I am working on editing book one to send off to a contest (wish me luck!) with Word Alive Press, and at the same time working on rewriting different sections in both books two and three. At the same time, ideas for books four and five keep popping into my head and I have to write them down before I forget them. What a crazy process writing is! I find the more I write, the more I want to write, and the more ideas just seem to flow out of me. The only annoying thing with trying to get one's work published is the dreaded rewrite.

Correction, that's the second most annoying thing. The first is doing a brief outline of every chapter in each book and then coming up with a short and long synopsis. I've been procrastinating on those and want to get to them, but then my story ideas keep getting in the way. :) I have had friends who offer me useful feedback, and that has helped a bunch in trying to polish up my works. I am of course nervous as I begin the process of putting myself out there once again, and being vulnerable. It's true that when a person writes for their enjoyment, and then tries to market it, it feels almost wrong. I feel like I'm cutting off an arm when I delete a section in my book, or trying to dye my skin a different colour when I do a rewrite of a section or in some cases, an entire chapter.

Well, it's a process, I know that. Someday I will look back at all my stumblings and bumblings and laugh. Someday, Lord-willing, I will be a household name and will have this legacy to leave my daughter. As a teenager and young adult, she will read my works, and if she has daughters, they will read it too. Big dreams, I know. But what's the point of dreaming, if you can't dream big, right?

Well, that's all for me for now. It's late and I need to have my rest for tomorrow's long day. My daughter has stopped napping and so I am finding I need to keep her very busy through the day so she will sleep well at night (and not be cranky by 6pm because she's bored).

Off to try and get the sleep I need!