The Rush to Publish

It seems like everyone else is getting published: this girl I knew in high school, a college classmate, a friend of my sister's friend, and a friend of a friend. Everyone, that is, except for me. I offer words of congratulations, but what I really want to say is, "Why you and not me?"

I already have that answer. It's as simple as I haven't finished anything. Sure, I have several projects in the making, but scraps of cloth do not make a quilt--they have to be sewn together. Meanwhile, I'm sewing words together here and there and pricking my finger on the needle. Even when I get the time, I just can't seem to get a lot of writing done.

To those of you who have finished a project and are publishing, I mutter my congratulations. I know the hard work that goes into it.

Something to Say

I've been re-reading some of my college textbooks before selling them at the garage sale. I'm starting to remember why I chose to keep them. Part 1 of Style has some very good advice, starting with "have something to say."
I have no problem with this. I'm very opinionated; I always have something to say. I find that my agendas always make it into my writing.
I think a theme is very important to a book. If you don't have something important to say to readers, there isn't a point. I find that my themes always involve women's rights or anti religion.
As a feminist, animal rights activist, and atheist, I think I have a lot to say that has never been said.

Idea Overload

Usually, the problems that afflict writers are writers block and not knowing what to write. More often than not, that is the case for me; however, suddenly, ideas for novels keep popping into my head like popcorn kernels exploding in my brain. Every night I write a little. It isn't very good, but I'm happy to be writing again. And I haven't had writers block. My mentor, Karla Stouse said the only cure for writers block is to write. At this rate, I don't think that is going to be a concern.