I’m pleased to see that people are both paying attention and responding.

2006-07 was a big year for me and now 2007-08 will be big, too, in a different way.
This past year was wrought with life-event changes: the kind that those stress tests tell you are high-stress situations, though it’s really just life. I know this year will be smoother: I’m not planning to move or separate; although I will need to finalize a divorce. Hmmmm….ok, so there could be some life-event changes.

But this coming year will provide a whole new sideshow of changes: I will be giving birth…to a book…at least a draft of a book that will be published…somewhere, somehow. I chose not to have children for this very reason: to write and publish books. Now the opportunity is here and I’m scared. It’s scary. But it’s only scary because of the deadlines. I think if I had 10 years, it wouldn’t be scary. And if I had 10 years, it might never get done. So I have decided to dig in and write the thing. Believe it or not, the deadline of end of May for 1st draft helps me feel reconnected; it forces me closer to my purpose in life. All the writers who read this will know exactly what I mean.

One of the reasons there are deadlines now is because the subject of my book has just signed a film deal. Ack. Yes! Crazy.

The book was first published in French in Canada; I got my hands on it as I offered to translate it; now because new information has come to light, the English book is taking on a life of its own. I can’t say just yet who is starring in the movie but suffice to say that you’ve at least heard of one of them…maybe even the director, too. That knowledge in and of itself is enough to panic me. However, after 48 hours of panic, I’ve now grounded myself into a strict regimen of writing: an hour before work and 4 hours after work everyday with the nearly impossible goal of reaching 1950 words a day in order to finish the first draft by end of May.

Stay tuned here to see how I do. I started yesterday: Mon. Apr. 2 after work and wrote 1120 words.
This morning I wrote just over 500. I still have time tonight to edge towards 1950. I must be crazy. Ok, if I’m not now, I will be.