Chasing the dream

The idea of this blog post comes from a paragraph in a friend's wip, where one character is questioned about whether they are chasing their dream. It struck me in the heart. I bluntly replied 'no, I haven't been'.

I haven't been chasing my dream lately. Yes, I've been busy in life. But, I've also been a little lazy to some extent. I've been focusing on others' work. This is important - creating links and forging bonds with fellow writers really helps when the time comes for critiquing of a novel. But, sometimes the focus comes away from the dream.

I'm hoping the dream here is obvious! To get to the stage where I feel my work is acceptable for submitting to agents.

By acceptable, I mean as polished as I can possibly get it with the help of critiques. To the best writing I can achieve without help from an agent and editor.

I'm hoping that this can be November/December this year for Termion. Which means I've got a lot of work ahead. I plan on finishing Imperial Intrigue (draft 1), then revising Termion. I'm on chapter 5 now. I average around 30-35 chapters per novel at the moment, so just another 30 odd to go! I can do this, and I must write every day. I can write 1 chapter a day....its very doable in first draft stage, so that's what I'm aiming for. At the least, I'll be writing 500 words a day (see earlier post).

So, are you chasing the dream?

Do you know your library?

I thought I did. I was wrong.

I didn't know the opening times.

I do have & did have their number on my mobile phone.

I knew I could take books out, and return them. And pay a fine when they're late.

I didn't know I could reserve books online. Or create a list (only for 48 hours), then send that list to my email account, or save it to disk. Have done it for the first agent I wish to query.

So far it looks as though some of my work would fit into their genre. They are a large agency so my different genres would fit in well if I could nab one...

I can reserve books online, choose where to collect them up.

I love my library!

So, how well do you know your library?