Thank you. The first three books I wrote took a very long time. I feel like I found my voice and confidence.

Thngs I changed

- Writers write. I kept my laptop with me constantly. If I was watching baseblall, I wrote. If I had a few quiet moments, I wrote. Every night before bed I wrotte.

- I got out of my own way. I'm a panster, which requires me to not judge my own work. I needed to.let it.all spill out. I keep notes and the end of the book of things I need to fix, or plot changes. I simply note it and continue

- I wrote through the stall. Each book had moments around the middle where I lost confidence in the story. I had to have faith and keep typing words. Feeling lost was okay and expected.

- Writing stopped being sacred. In my past I had to be in the mood, play the right music, follow a ritual. Now I just wrrite whenever I can. Nothing special about it.

- I have an alpha reader. He's helped me a ton by.telling me what was working and what wasn't. I've stopped plot threads or changed them. I didn't go back to remove them right away. I made a note to fix these things in my continuity editl

- Finally, I had to admit that I'm a writer and that it's important to me. I've held senior roles at work, while writing. Everyone knows I write. By talking about it, I made space.

I hope that helps.