I’ve been really trying hard
to get some good solid goals established for writing in 2013. I even submitted
a piece to a magazine last night. I keep telling myself that I have to get back
to my novel. I tell myself I need to get going on all these other projects.
Then this afternoon I got a
message on my cell phone from my publisher. He was so excited. He said
something like, “Great news. I was just checking the best sellers’ lists and
your book is number two on one of the lists. This is cause to celebrate. We don’t
know how long it will be there, but this is definitely something to watch.”
I should not check my voice
mail or my e-mail while I am at work. Sure, it is a company policy, but
everyone does it – not that that makes it right. I won’t go there. But for me,
getting a message that exciting, when I still have to work for another two
hours, well, it makes it hard to focus.
So that’s really all I have
right now. My brain is fried. No, not really. Actually my brain is bouncing all
over the place. The marketer in me is saying that I really have to jump on this
and use this little fact to publicize my book like crazy right now while I can.
The rest of me says, can’t we just go to bed early for a change?
(And as I post this, the book has already slipped to number three. I am sure not cut out for this kind of stress. Good thing Dino will love me no matter how the book does.)
