Happy 2017!

     Well, I'm back!  In the land of blogging, that is. I haven't posted any updates to my blog for a few months and here are my main reasons: 1. I've been busy working on (yet another!) revision for the new manuscript I finished this summer, 2. when not working on my revision, I've been back and forth to the States, visiting my two college kids on their different campuses during the fall and 3. I'm a proscrastinator.
     I'll talk about #1 and #2 later. For now, let's focus on #3.
     Procrastination is every writer's biggest challenge.    
     Have you heard of the "butt in chair" concept?            Basically, it goes like this...in order to be a real writer, not just someone who likes to talk about being a writer you have to commit to the idea of taking some time every day to sit down, open your notebook or computer or whatever you use and write. Yes, actually write.  Sound simple?  Well, for many of us (okay, most of us) it really isn't.  People who love to write also love to sleep, and eat, and spend time with friends.  We like to look at social media, and play frisbee and go to the mall. There are also a whole list of things we don't like to do, but must, like laundry or school work or washing the dog.  And thus, because of all these "likes" and "musts", often times our writing gets pushed waaaaaay to the bottom of the list.  
     Why, you ask?  Why be a writer if writing is the last thing you put on your list?
     Well, because...because writing is hard work.  It takes alot of brain power.  And self confidence.  And creativity.  And most days, a writer doesn't have all 3 of those things happening at the same time.  And when all three things aren't happening at the same time, it's much easier to do the laundry. Or go to the mall. Or eat.
     I would like to tell you that one of my new year's resolutions is going to be to blog more frequently.  I know that I love getting frequent updates from the bloggers I follow and when they don't blog for awhile it's easy for me to lose interest.  But, in an effort to not start out the new year being a big liar, I'm not going to tell you that I'm going to blog more frequently. I will, however, tell you I'm going to TRY and blog more frequently. And, I will also tell you that I'm going to try and sit my butt in chair more frequently. Every day, if even it's only for 10 minutes.  And hopefully, that will lead to more manuscripts.  And more blog posts.
     Here's to a new year!  Let's do this, 2017!
     (Now I have to go switch the laundry...)