Another press release bites the dust...

So, once again, the only writing I have been able to accomplish in the last two weeks has been a press release about a local business celebrating their 5th anniversary. Although it was fun, and reminded me about how much I enjoy doing that kind of thing, it did nothing to assuage my feeling of "stuckness." I don't have anything to show for it other than another clipping to add to my already stuffed portfolio. BUT, since I'm not trying to win any awards for business writing, I don't have a single thing completed that edges me closer to any of my goals.

The Elvis book remains unchanged since I submitted it to James a month ago, but I am taking three whole days at the end of February to write without any distractions -- a fellow author has a lake house on the Virginia border and I'm spending the 23rd, 24th, and 25th up there just to write, as is she. It should be heavenly! :)  I'm counting the days, actually! I've never given myself that kind of time to write. I'm really hoping I can make some major headway on that project, so that I can complete the book in time for the anniversary of Elvis' death in August. Then I can pick up my own project and work on my own future as a writer.

I should also hear this month whether or not my short story submission to the Writers Guild contest has achieved any level of merit. I don't have any illusions about my chances -- I'm sure thousands of writers submitted stories, but I can always dream about how cool it would be if my writing were to be recognized at even a low level from among that pool. Fingers crossed...

Wow! So my last post was in 2009! I had written a few articles for Suite101 with the intention of using them as a springboard to great success as a writer. I read a couple of books about making a fortune with writing, but it obviously takes a lot more work than luck to make that happen (surprise!).

So, now I'm working for a nonprofit that taps my energy and sometimes even my soul... so I try writing around the edges, sacrificing real constructive writing time for a bi-weekly paycheck that my family appreciates. My current writing projects include a few plays and a couple of short stories. Bigger projects that I don't have enough time to sustain include a ghostwriting project about Elvis returning to Earth to fortell the second coming of Christ, and my own novel called "Return to Blue Cove." I'm actually 190 pages into "Elvis Lives" and it's a great story with some biblical parallels that compliment the real Elvis' religious side, but what meager time I have for writing is spent on someone else's project rather than my own, and at some point I'm going to have to change that.

But, for right now, I will keep writing about Elvis in the hope that I will finish it in 2012 and get a chance to finish my own book in 2013.

I intend to post more often as I travel this road -- sometimes it will be venting and sometimes it will be crowing! Nobody reads this blog anyway, so it won't matter what I say 'cause nobody will see it! :)