Slowing down is so hard. Especially when we already know the pace of this business is glacial and the only thing we can control is the writing and the revising making us want to speed through the process. Have all my fingers and toes crossed for you!
I still have this email in my inbox, because I didn’t have time to read it slowly and halfway through I marked it unread again so I could come back to it. Haven’t gotten there yet. Clearly I need the message, right? I feel like I might have to MAKE the time. :/
Love this, and rooting for you and those manuscript requests, Laurel!
Slowing down is so hard. Especially when we already know the pace of this business is glacial and the only thing we can control is the writing and the revising making us want to speed through the process. Have all my fingers and toes crossed for you!
I still have this email in my inbox, because I didn’t have time to read it slowly and halfway through I marked it unread again so I could come back to it. Haven’t gotten there yet. Clearly I need the message, right? I feel like I might have to MAKE the time. :/
Wow, what a story and such powerful advice woven throughout. So true. Thank you for sharing, I needed to hear this.
Such a harrowing story, and an important lesson: it’s not that we can’t afford to take the time, we can’t afford NOT to.