Celebrate the Little Victories

Over the years, I have found that I have been so critical of my own work, that I have taken so little time to celebrate my own accomplishments.  Today I will celebrate one.

I began my WIP, Flight of the Heart, about nine years ago. It is the story of a young woman who witnesses a mob murder and is on the run, under the protection of a private investigator, who is helping to keep her alive until she can testify.  I suffered writer's block when I reached the final chapter. I just could not figure out how to end the book. THEN my computer crashed and I was left with nothing but my hard copy.

Since then, I went through a divorce, and life just sort of took over.  This year I finally got back to Sarah's story, and began the tedious task of retyping the story.  This month, not only did I finish re-entering what I'd written, but Sarah's story finally reached it's conclusion.  Now I could point out that the story is still only in it's rough draft, that it has a great deal of editing and rewriting to be done, that the characters are inconsistent, having been drafted over nine years... but I'm not going to dwell on those things. Today I'm going to pop the cork and celebrate a victory. Today, Sarah and I both get to celebrate the end of something.  

We'll worry about the rest tomorrow.

Happy writing, everyone.

A Review: The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks

Wilson Lewis has taken his life for granted. He is a successful attorney. His beautiful wife, Jane, gave him three beautiful children, kept a beautiful home, and took care of all his needs.  But when he forgets their 29th anniversary, he realizes how close he is to losing the things that matter most. So he sets out to repair the damages done over the years by learning to be a true partner to his wife. 

I have never been a fan of books written in the first person. This book changed that for me. I was drawn in and captivated by William as he told the story in his own personal voice. His character and propensity for insight and reflection while delivering a sucker punch of emotion left me weepy more than once. Seldom would I read a book twice, but this book, in particular, may take a lonely spot on that sparse shelf. A must read.