I'm Writing Again!

Portrait of Writing

That's right! I've got a green light! After my incredible experience at ACFW this year I felt an unexplainable peace about my writing or lack of writing. It's hard to put into words except that the anxiousness to write and be published was gone, I was finally able to accept God's timing. I knew I'd probably get to work on my WIP on the weekends, and not much more during the week due to homeschooling and keeping up with Writer...Interrupted, but I felt okay with that.

My biggest dilemma was which WIP to work on. I still had an incomplete suspense that I refused to pitch again until it was finished. But I did talk with one editor at ACFW about my Cozy Mystery idea. I really only wanted feedback, but she said to send it on when it was completed.

Well, I came back home and asked God which WIP I should pick up. I didn't get an answer right away, and I guess I was looking for a "real" sign. A couple of days later I got an email saying I had won a chapter critique several weeks ago and they were sorry they were just not getting in touch with me. I was surprised because I didn't even know I had won!

The person who was doing the critique was someone I had wanted to run my cozy by at ACFW but couldn't find her, and she is the one who reads for the editor who wants my cozy. Light bulb moment! I took it as a sign that I should work on my cozy and that's what I've been doing for the last couple of weekends.

It's pretty scary trying to write in a new genre and many times I just want to throw in the towel and quite, but I'm learning so much. If I can manage to keep my anxiety level down I know it will pay off in the end. Not so much as in a book contract, but in invaluable writing experience.