Christmas, Released & New Year

Ronie Uncategorized 4 Comments

a daughter who thought she got a new purse…
a daughter who found an iPod Touch in said purse…

Other daughter after her violin concert

In an earlier post, I mentioned my writing rest. And how I was already ready to be released from that rest. December 23 is when I felt the “hold” hand on my shoulder lift. Not wanting to rush forward in case I was wrong, I allowed myself to do some light editing, but I still did not write. In my mind, I’d hoped for the day after Christmas…and that’s exactly when the well unstopped. πŸ˜›

I started a new fantasy…and I just wrote. And wrote. I’m up to 13K since December 27. That’s not a record for my by an means (hey, I wrote almost 30K in one weekend before!), but it was a beautiful sensation. I would write after I got home from work, then go to bed at a decent hour (no all-nighters for me LOL).

the really incredible thing for me is this–it opened my creative juice vein. Last night, I sat thinking about my new military thrillers series. I’ve tried to figure out what’s going to happen in that story all month and got…NUTHIN’!!! But last night–it came flooding out. I am soooo excited. It took a month of not writing or editing or critiquing, then a handful of days where I just wrote (internal editor squashed flat as I wrote and wrote with redundancies and repetitions and misspellings…shhh, don’t tell her. LOL).

So. I’m back. but in this New Year, I want to be focused on four things:

FATHER
FAMILY
FRIENDS
FICTION

Okay, so that pretty much encompasses my entire life, save my day JOB (but hey, even those hours got cut!!). πŸ˜€ But I’m determined to make the last three a priority in my life as the first one GUIDES my life by increasing my daily time with Him.

Last year, i felt strongly it would be a YEAR OF TRANSITION. And let me tell you, if God ever speaks that to you, brace yourself! LOL But for this year, I believe the phrase came to me in october. It’s going to be a YEAR OF PROMISE!

I like the sound of that.

How about you??

Comments 4

  1. Jennifer Tiszai

    I think that’s sooooo cool that the writing just flowed after taking a break. That’s just awesome.

    And a year of promise doesn’t sound too shabby either πŸ˜‰

  2. Heather Diane Tipton

    ewwww I want an ipod touch! I bought myself an ipod classic last week for christmas…

    wait… you’ve started a new fantasy?? sweet!

    Happy New Year! May your year be truly blessed… beyond all your hopes and dreams!

  3. Dineen A. Miller

    Hey girl! Loved reading this! I’m so glad you had a breakthrough. And I love your 4 F’s. That’s way cool. Can’t wait to read your new stuff. Oh, and can you tell my internal editor to take a hike? I’d love to write like that, just once!

  4. Pamela J

    I can handle a year of promise myself. God has been in the lead with us beginning a new church four years ago and He promises to take care of His children. He is building up a little family of His own here and we can rest in His promises to us that He has given us in His word. Yes, a year of Promise is what I am looking for and it is through Him that it is given.
    Pam
    cepjwms at yahoo dot com

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