I promised myself I would start the next draft of my novel on August 1.
It’s now the 8th, and I haven’t so much as looked at the thing.
The reason (I swear it’s a reason, not an excuse) is that I’ve had a lot of work coming in, which is great. My freelance business has been riding a bit of a wave, with some great new clients coming in, bringing lots of interesting work. Given that my guy and I both work independently, I feel like it’s important to take all the work I can, as I can, because we never know when one of us will hit a dry spell.
But dry spells are historically when I make progress on the novel, so I find myself conflicted. I don’t want the paid work to slow down, but I’m not working on my precious book. I feel like I have very little time lately (I’m writing this blog post as my girl gets ready for school, quick and dirty like – so please forgive me my typos this morning).
I need to figure out how to prioritize so that the novel keeps moving forward. Maybe I need to stay up later. Maybe I need to take the time I’ve set aside for exercise and use that. I can’t imagine turning down work, but maybe that time will come. I just don’t know. I’m feeling frazzled. Are there any other freelancers out there that have some wisdom on this?
I’m setting a goal of getting my head wrapped around this by the end of the week. I’ll post on Friday to let you know what I figure out.
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