Save It For the Sequel
My real life is interfering with my book!
I still haven’t gotten any feedback on my first chapter. Which is fine, it’s fine, I’m fine 😫😫😫 but it does make moving forward a little more difficult. What if everything I wrote is crap and I need to start from scratch and rethink my entire strategy/style/tone?! Unfortunately, I don’t have time to delay - I need to keep chugging along and churning out words or else I’ll have no shot at hitting my deadline.
Last week I mentioned that I have a ton of material for my toddler chapter, and I do, which makes distilling it into something manageable even harder. But further complicating things is the fact that my 12yo is mired in some drama, and while I’d prefer to be dealing with toddler angst, I’m knee-deep in tween angst, and it’s not good for my headspace.
The book is not meant to get into middle-school territory - that’s for the sequel! This one is about the earlier stages of parenting, which have their fair share of challenges, of course.