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I am new to writing and publishing. It's not that I haven't EVER written but I never looked at it as an endeavor to make it into the Fastlane. I certainly had not considered writing fiction. The threads in the forum however, have given me new hope and a new avenue to pursue.
My family and friends have teased me through the years as I read voraciously but I read Self Improvement, Psychology, Spiritual and Business Books. “Don’t you ever just read for fun?” my peeps ask… I respond... “What’s not FUN about the coming collapse of our economic system? What’s not fun about finding out about Men who hate women and the women who love them? Tell me, what is NOT fun about picking through the recesses of your mind and attempting to discover the unconscious drives that motivate your every move toward success and failure?” I get a lot of eye rolling and shoulder shrugging. “We just thought you might want to lighten up a little.”
That’s not my style – However that said, I think I’m ready to turn over a new leaf. Self-examination can only go so far. The abundance of creativity that I had when I was younger has been squeezed into a corner. I think it is waiting to get out. I have brilliant moments of creative energy. I sometimes have even surprised myself. I’ll look back at an endeavor, an idea, a logo I created, a picture I drew and I’m like…who was that masked girl? It’s in here, somewhere.
I have been in a long standing funk. My husband and I bought a restaurant in October 2007. Meditate on that date and you can imagine that the rest of the story is probably not filled with rainbows and light..or money. We pretty much lost our life savings over a 5 year period. We’re not spring chickens but we’re not dead yet so…here I am picking myself up and learning how to get into that Fastlane. We sold it two years ago, July and we are still licking our wounds. I’m ready to be over the wallowing. Five years of intense stress followed by two years of being completely stunned and trying to remember what “having a life” means is an interesting cycle to live through. I will say this, we kept the thing going five years through the worst recession ever. I’m trying to find the silver lining. Regardless, a new day has dawned and the Fastlane helped light my fire again.
There are several threads in this Publishing Section that have inspired me to move forward. Quit just thinking about things and begin the process of doing the things. I have no idea if my book will sell. Even those who are becoming successful in the arena have had misses and some hits. Most have far more experience in writing fiction then I will probably ever even know. I feel I need to be prepared to feel accomplished just by following through and being willing to brave rejection. I’m not hiring ghost writers for this current project so I am sure I may feel a twinge of insecurity as I get ready to publish the first of what I hope to be a trilogy. I hope that with the support of the forum that I won’t bail at the first sign of rejection. I have come to see that most authors are publishing a lot of works and it appears that the more you write the better chances you have of creating success.
This will be my journey. I just finished writing my first 2500 words last night. It actually went pretty smoothly. How many words to go? I’m not sure. I have some challenges finding ways to tie my ideas together and possibly have a mixed Genre. It appears romance is the hot, hot thing but I don’t see this story segueing easily into that. I’m not saying there wouldn’t be a hint of it but that is not the story’s focus. I’ll just have to go with my gut. I’m going to get the thing done and edited and then we’ll see where I land. Right now, first things first; get the ideas down on paper. 2500 down…??? to go. Wish me luck. I hope over the next six months I will be one of the success stories on the forum. Then I can write a Self Improvement book! Ha ha ha!
My family and friends have teased me through the years as I read voraciously but I read Self Improvement, Psychology, Spiritual and Business Books. “Don’t you ever just read for fun?” my peeps ask… I respond... “What’s not FUN about the coming collapse of our economic system? What’s not fun about finding out about Men who hate women and the women who love them? Tell me, what is NOT fun about picking through the recesses of your mind and attempting to discover the unconscious drives that motivate your every move toward success and failure?” I get a lot of eye rolling and shoulder shrugging. “We just thought you might want to lighten up a little.”
That’s not my style – However that said, I think I’m ready to turn over a new leaf. Self-examination can only go so far. The abundance of creativity that I had when I was younger has been squeezed into a corner. I think it is waiting to get out. I have brilliant moments of creative energy. I sometimes have even surprised myself. I’ll look back at an endeavor, an idea, a logo I created, a picture I drew and I’m like…who was that masked girl? It’s in here, somewhere.
I have been in a long standing funk. My husband and I bought a restaurant in October 2007. Meditate on that date and you can imagine that the rest of the story is probably not filled with rainbows and light..or money. We pretty much lost our life savings over a 5 year period. We’re not spring chickens but we’re not dead yet so…here I am picking myself up and learning how to get into that Fastlane. We sold it two years ago, July and we are still licking our wounds. I’m ready to be over the wallowing. Five years of intense stress followed by two years of being completely stunned and trying to remember what “having a life” means is an interesting cycle to live through. I will say this, we kept the thing going five years through the worst recession ever. I’m trying to find the silver lining. Regardless, a new day has dawned and the Fastlane helped light my fire again.
There are several threads in this Publishing Section that have inspired me to move forward. Quit just thinking about things and begin the process of doing the things. I have no idea if my book will sell. Even those who are becoming successful in the arena have had misses and some hits. Most have far more experience in writing fiction then I will probably ever even know. I feel I need to be prepared to feel accomplished just by following through and being willing to brave rejection. I’m not hiring ghost writers for this current project so I am sure I may feel a twinge of insecurity as I get ready to publish the first of what I hope to be a trilogy. I hope that with the support of the forum that I won’t bail at the first sign of rejection. I have come to see that most authors are publishing a lot of works and it appears that the more you write the better chances you have of creating success.
This will be my journey. I just finished writing my first 2500 words last night. It actually went pretty smoothly. How many words to go? I’m not sure. I have some challenges finding ways to tie my ideas together and possibly have a mixed Genre. It appears romance is the hot, hot thing but I don’t see this story segueing easily into that. I’m not saying there wouldn’t be a hint of it but that is not the story’s focus. I’ll just have to go with my gut. I’m going to get the thing done and edited and then we’ll see where I land. Right now, first things first; get the ideas down on paper. 2500 down…??? to go. Wish me luck. I hope over the next six months I will be one of the success stories on the forum. Then I can write a Self Improvement book! Ha ha ha!
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