I meet with Claudia on Thursday to go over revisions.
You may remember my glee at the progress I was making.
At that point in time, I was confident I’d fly through the rest of the revisions.
I told Claudia we were going to celebrate Earth Day together by reviewing all remaining chapters.
As in, every single chapter through The End!
Well, soon after shooting off my mouth I slammed right into a Wall of Doubt.
There is no way I’ll have the revisions finished by the day after tomorrow.
There’s only thing left to do: Get as much done as possible and hope Claudia isn’t overly disappointed.
Tracy Abell 
Birds of a feather
Believe you me, I know that flight pattern by heart! So, apparently, does Carl Sandburg, who said: “There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.”
Wishing you strong wings and steady breezes… xo
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Re: Birds of a feather
I love that quote! I love Sandburg! I also love eagles and hippopotami. 🙂
Thank you much for the good wishes, Melodye. I’m sending lots your way right now…
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Um, all you can do is what you can do. Like always. Funny how very many times all of us need to be reminded of that, isn’t it? And yet we all do.
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I know.
When you’re right, you’re right. I’m working hard today and have made definite progress, and that is good.
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That looks like I feel today.
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Yikes! You feel like The Claw?! I hope you’re putting that energy to good use, Robin. I’m going to watch the sky just in case you come flying this way.
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Don’t look at it this way! You are being attacked by your own inner demons, probably because you were happy and confident earlier. This happens to me A LOT. I think you need to recognize that being happy opened up this darker place. Sometimes when I do that, the darker place brightens and I can get back in the groove.
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So you’re thinking that being happy leaves us vulnerable to attack from the inner demons and that we need to acknowledge that demonic pettiness, and then shoo away those demons?
(Even if that’s not what you mean, I like that idea and am going to try to put it into practice!)
Thanks, Mighty One!
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Yes, that’s pretty much what I meant. I have a lot of negative voices in my head that want to tear me down when I’m happy– and they get overactive if something does make me happy, esp. in my writing life. I can’t really shut them up all the way, but just knowing more about how they work and why helps lessen their impact on me. And I have hope that as I continue to work through all this, one day I won’t hear them anymore.
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I hope one day you won’t hear them anymore, either. (That goes for me, too.)
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Oooo. What’s that? The claw of death?
Claudia will understand, Tracy. I’ll bet she’ll even give you a boost over the wall.
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The Claw That Threatens Those Who Procrastinate and Dilly-Dally, I think.
You are correct about Claudia understanding. She’s a gentle soul and would never threaten me. I’ve put that onus on myself.
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Do what you can. Don’t rush, b/c then it won’t be good. Take your time and do it right. You can do et!
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You are so right. Rushing will only make it bad and I do not want bad. I want good, good, good!
Thanks for the cheer, Tracy!
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I’m sure she’ll understand. You can’t rush these things.
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You’re right, Karen. She sent me a nice email last night letting me know it was perfectly okay to slow down as I near the end of the book. I knew that (somewhere inside) but it was good to hear it again.
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