Coming together... #OvercomingWritersBlock #Slowlybutsurely #AmWriting

Things are coming together for me these days.  I'm incredibly busy, but I caught myself in the bathtub just now, actually fixing a book in my head.  Y'all, that hasn't happened in months, so I'm thrilled.

I don't have time to actually fix anything, but just knowing that ideas are coming to me is a good sign.

I'm working on the content edit job that never ends, but after it's done, I'll get paid, so there's that.

My personal life is looking up, so there's that, too.

Apparently my creative brain doesn't work when the rest of me is freaking out.  Who knew?

So after this busy weekend is over, I'm going to finish up this content editing gig and hopefully I can do the minor tweaking that is necessary for me to fix this stinking book and get it published.

After that, I'm not sure what's on tap, but I'm sort of forcing myself to slow down a little bit this year.  I have got to focus on getting my financials back in some semblance of a shape so I can feel comfortable monetarily investing in myself again.  And I'm getting there.  It's a process.

Did I show you the last thing I spent a bunch of money on?  I had the Pierce Securities recovered, and I think they look freaking awesome.  Haven't read the Pierce Securities yet?  Give them a try, the first one is free!

https://amzn.to/2UM0v4X

I'm also working on audio for this series, and am up to final notes on Click's production.  This is hard, because I keep hearing lots of not-so-wonderful things about ACX's audio production, but they're all I've used, and I'm so into this series that I'm afraid to start over somewhere else, I'm just hoping for the best with this and then I'll be moving on.  But I'm not stopping in the middle of the series, because I'm exclusive there, and can't feasibly produce the second half of the series elsewhere...





But if you want to see that gem...

I have codes for Craze and Wire, if you'd like to listen to those, just shoot me and email at anneconleyauthor@gmail.com, and I'll get them to you in the next couple of weeks.  Just please leave a review, especially on Wire, since it doesn't have that many.  The great news is, I'm finally excited about stuff going on in my writing world again, which I was beginning to wonder about.
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What do I do now? #Lost #WritingCommunity

So, I'm a little lost right now in the writing world.

There. I said it.

I don't know what I want to write anymore, and I don't know how to go about it. I've spent the last six months getting my personal life/family life together, and my passion has gone by the wayside. It's terrifying, honestly.

Last year, I wrote, I published, I started a local writer's group, and I went to the gym to get healthy. But I didn't make enough money to feed my family. Or even myself. (I've just done my taxes, I know exactly how much I made). I had to buy a car, I was paying for braces. Life didn't stop because I couldn't afford it.

I sank a ton of money into advertising that didn't work. I invested in conferences that didn't immediately pay off. I spent all sorts of (tax deductible, thank GOD) money into my passion, and it wasn't paying off.

So, instead of clinging to the mast of a sinking ship, I got a job.

A couple, actually.

My plans changed.

And now, I'm giving myself a reprieve. I'm forgiving myself for the failures. And I'm starting over.

Not sure how, or what I will do differently, but I'm totally starting over somehow.

I'm taking care of myself, finding a routine, and gaining balance. It's different, but it's happening, slowly but surely.

I'm still going to write in the genre I've been writing in, but slower. And I'm thinking about some new ideas that I want to try as well.

Stay tuned for something different.