Book update

Hey guys,

Just dropping by to do a quick update of where the book stands right now.

I had given up the previous story flow as none of it seemed to match or fit anything which I wanted. Scrapped the whole thing and brought in a new beginning as well. I feel much better with its new concept.

Sometimes it's hard to write. Some days I get up and have so much ideas to put in but once I get to it everything suddenly feels stupid and maybe even experience blank outs. I get distracted very fast and I get extremely irritable cause I feel like I'm getting further and further from getting the story some where. And then there are better days where I just feel like twerking up stuff a little here and there and suddenly there's just an over flow of new ideas which come on the spot. I love days like these, I feel that those are the best parts of the book.

It's really not easy and I'm still looking forward to publish it hopefully by November. No idea how realistic that is but I know it can be done. There are also days where lots of other story lines come up for completely different novels. Sometimes I feel the other story lines and ideas are far more interesting than the one I'm working on.

With this being my first book, it definitely has added an amount of pressure on me. But I guess it's all about finishing what I started. Many times I wanted to shelve this novel for awhile and start on another one. I had to keep telling myself to finish one first before embarking on the next cause it might very well happen to my next book. Not really good to make it a habit to just keep shelving stuff and going to the next one, this is a good lesson I learned. I feel it applies to many aspects of our lives as well. So many times we get inspired for new hobbies or whatever and always get lazy after a while and find something new. Lack of discipline and motivation basically. So always aim to finish whatever you start.

Nothing really comes easy, and I just wanted to let you know it's okay to struggle. I personally found it so much better when I read self-published author's blogs or articles where they talk about their blank outs and zoned out days. Made me feel like it was normal to have one of those days and be totally okay with struggling to make the story come alive sometimes. So I hope it helps the rest of you, be it in your self publishing goals or whatever it is that you're having a tough time trying to push through. It will all be over soon!

Love,

Naia