Perhaps its burnout or the fact that I’ve been on social media a little too much as of lately but I am feeling drained. I’m also seriously worried I wont be able to finished this book in order to publish by the end of the year. But that voice is going to need to kindly stfu, cause I’ve got things to do!

Currently, I am over nearly 15k words into the second draft. I’m trying to build a following on social media and this blog as well so just full disclosure on that, I am hoping that my content is engaging enough for y’all to stick around and want more. 

But if you seen my social media, my bio literally reads “Canadian writer who kind of hates social media but wants to be successful” insert jazz hands here. Being this active on social media is not my particular cup of tea but I knew when I became serious about this that I would need to put my aversions aside, suck it up, and keep going. 

And you know what, there are some really amazing people in the online writing and book community. I started a post asking how authors reach their audience and people came through ready and willing to share their knowledge. If you’re looking for some info, I suggest checking out my threads post because it’s chock full of usesful tidbits from authors in the game currently.

With that being said, I personally find being online has negative outcomes. We were never meant to know this much about strangers, famous people, authors specifically. We were never meant to be on all the time. The more engaged we are online, the less engaged we potentially come with the world around us. There are individuals capabale of that separation, and I’m definitely trying to maintain my own bubble of serenity separate from everything I’m doing.

But shite be hard sometimes. 

So that’s my rant. I am stressing out because I don’t know when the right time is to start beta readers, pre-orders, searching for a cover designer if I go that route….in short I haven’t a frigging clue what I’m doing but I guess stick around to find out if I fail or not!

Oh and when I was supposed to be taking a break I instead made a reel, posted on social media, and worked on a secret fun WIP that I can’t wait to be concentrating on in the future…so in short I am incapable of taking a real break it would seem.

Alright, toodaloo and stay writing because it might be the only thing keeping you sane at this point.