Pause.

Book writing is no joke!  Does it end with the first draft?  Not at all! And now my publisher is telling me 9-12 months before publication. And here I thought it’d come out later this year (even though I had to ask for an extension). 
This whole thing has made one thing clear though, I want to be able to just stay home and write. I’d like to dedicate my entire life to it, to schedule my life around writing and producing pieces.  I want a Writer’s Lifestyle, minus the struggling financially bit. 

I have been trying to keep up with ODers, with varying degrees of success. 🙁  If I haven’t noted it means that I haven’t read.

OD has lost a lot of the pull for me.  I may be growing out of this place or maybe it’s just that God has given me everything I can from it (I got a husband, therapy/great advice, and people I consider beloved friends through this site).  That’s probably more than a lot of people.  I am grateful.  That still doesn’t mean OD is the same thing it has been to me in the past…  🙂  I don’t need it.