The Writing Life
I rarely, if ever, post anything about marketing on Write Right. I may provide marketing strategy and content creation services to clients—and I have fun with both—but I don’t often write about the first on this site. I occasionally write about the second, insofar as it relates to the writing life in general. I usually avoid both.
Some days the words come slow. The brain struggles to develop compelling strategies. On those days, I still do the work. I slog through the fuzzy brain and hope for a day, maybe not tomorrow or even next week, when the words come fast. The brain makes its connections.
I work. Days without anything to fill them aren’t comforting. They cause dread. They stretch on and on and on. Vacuous, empty. A wasteland that can fill with sharp-tongued thoughts and a sense of guilt and failure.
And all is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Something’s that of worth
That will bless Your heart
I’ll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You’re looking into my heart
For me, starting a business is an act of faith. It’s Peter in the boat all over again. Jesus is inviting him to come, never mind the fact that Peter will have to walk on water to do it. The water is unimportant. What is important is Peter’s faith. What is important is acceptance and action: he has to get out of the boat and walk on the water.
To you who are stuck in self-loathing, regret, guilt, and shame, the message is simple. It’s the same as it has always been: [Read more…] about Come Home
