You may – or may not – have noticed I didn’t post anything the last two days. I was neckdeep in my WIP and time got away from me.
Last night at around 3AM, when I was pinned down under the covers by ALL THE CATS IN THE HOUSE, I came to two realizations.
- Posting daily isn’t going to work. When I came up with my grand plan of posting five days a week, I forgot one very important thing and that is you have to have something interesting say five days a week. To do this requires time and effort. The effort I’m willing to put in. However, I lack the time. I have a book deadline looming at the end of March, and that is taking most of my attention.
- It’s okay to admit defeat. There was a time when I would beat myself up for falling short of a goal, but the truth is not every idea is going to work out. Sometimes, you try and you fall short. Maybe the idea wasn’t as great as you thought, or the timing wasn’t right, or whatever.
My point is the failure is in the idea, not in you.
Therefore, for the time, I’ll be posting regularly, but not daily. That way I can write longer pieces that have some meat to them.
Weekend Book Recomendation
If you’re are into WW2 history, then you have to read Matthew Goodman’s PARIS UNDERCOVER. It’s the real-life story of Etta Shiber and Kitty Bonnefaus, two women in their fifties who ran an escape line out of the Paris apartment during the early days of the Nazi occupation. The story of how Kitty – who was the brains of the operation – established the network is fascinating, as is the story of their arrest and imprisonment.
But that’s only the beginning. When Etta returns to the United States, she writes a memoir about their adventures. I don’t want to spoil anything else, so let’s just say that her decision to publish hers and Kitty’s story kicks off an incredible tale of betrayal, unscrupulous behavior, and painful repercussions.
If PARIS UNDERCOVER had been a novel, I’d call out the author for having too many unbelievable twists and turns. The fact that all of what Goodman wrote actually happened, blows my mind. I couldn’t wait to find out what happened next.
PARIS UNDERCOVER is available from Penguin Random House Publishing.
