Anne’s contribution to the blog this morning –

“Ugh, what is wrong with me?” This question seems to be plaguing me this summer, if not the last few years and is almost solely related to my inability to sit down and finish the Gaia trilogy. Heck, I haven’t even kept up with the blog these last few months. I had one day this summer that I actually sat down and wrote for more than ten minutes and that was while attending a write-in at my local library with some like-minded individuals. It was glorious and gave me hope but had not yet been repeated. This has made me wonder, could the problem be that I have equated writing with chores (and not one very high on my to-do list)? And how do I recapture the joy and sense of accomplishment I used to feel working in my fictional world? What do I do?

I think I’m going to have to get back to the basics. When we first started writing, we promised each other that we would have 500 words down on paper by Friday of every week. I know, I know, it’s barely a blip but when you are starting from nothing, 500 words is an approachable number. And it was! Every week, we sat down with our measly offerings, sharing what we wrote and planning our next installment. Those 500 words grew to a 1,000. By the end of that first year, we’d finished Creek House and Exiles of Gaia. It felt great. I think I need to shrink my writing goals and go a little easier on myself. I will move that mountain, one shovelful at a time, and I will keep you updated on my progress.

Thanks for sticking with us. We appreciate the support of our friends and family.

Kind regards,

Anne, Nancy, and Eric