Deadlines
I only have six minutes to do this post. Ready, set, go!
My awesome friend Lindsay Currie posted on her blog today about impatience. I’m not going to rewrite her post because it’s lovely and you can read it yourselves. But, I’ll give you the one sentence that it is eating me alive, “We need to be patient enough to be our own advocate.”
This is really, really difficult for some of us — me especially. Baby No. 3 is due in exactly three months. May 26th feels like a real DEADLINE. I want to have an agent by then, I want to finish my current WIP before then, I want to have a ms ready for submission to an editor. I also want to paint the baby’s bedroom, refinish the deck, and have my puppy perfectly trained. Let’s be honest. Not all of that is going to happen.
What I need to do is get real. No matter how many queries I send out (even perfectly written queries full of action and voice) there is no guarantee that I’m going to get a response or even a rejection in three months.
There are some things we just can’t control.
And I’m going to try really hard to be okay with that.
My awesome friend Lindsay Currie posted on her blog today about impatience. I’m not going to rewrite her post because it’s lovely and you can read it yourselves. But, I’ll give you the one sentence that it is eating me alive, “We need to be patient enough to be our own advocate.”
This is really, really difficult for some of us — me especially. Baby No. 3 is due in exactly three months. May 26th feels like a real DEADLINE. I want to have an agent by then, I want to finish my current WIP before then, I want to have a ms ready for submission to an editor. I also want to paint the baby’s bedroom, refinish the deck, and have my puppy perfectly trained. Let’s be honest. Not all of that is going to happen.
What I need to do is get real. No matter how many queries I send out (even perfectly written queries full of action and voice) there is no guarantee that I’m going to get a response or even a rejection in three months.
There are some things we just can’t control.
And I’m going to try really hard to be okay with that.
22 Comments
Lindsay N. Currie
So glad you liked my post and WOWSERS! I had no idea you were that close to baby day!!! No wonder you have shifted into high gear on the awesomeness we call SIC:)
Heather Hellmann
Sometimes we need to tell ourselves, “What happens happens.” Until then, enjoy the ride.
Becky Wallace
@Lindsay: I want to be done! I’m finishing up round seven of revisions and rewriting my query AGAIN!!
@Heather: I totally agree, I just wish my brain would shut off long enough for me to do it!
Kathryn
Ah, the deadline… there are many of us who give them to ourselves, and how incredibly frustrating is it when the clocks keep ticking and we’ve put too much on our shoulders? I admire your determination – wow! Good luck with the querying and getting baby’s room painted, now get ‘er done! 🙂
Shari
There is definitely something about being in control of what you can control. It isn’t easy. I have to continually remind myself–over and over and over again.
William Kendall
You can set aside the puppy training. That’ll take years anyway.
Regina
I commend you for your efforts but try not to push yourself too hard. I know it can seem frustrating when a goal is just beyond reach yet eludes you. Keep your chin up.
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