Little Life Lessons

My hard learnt lesson for today. Paula, so you’re not as popular as you think. 🤔
Oh hmm, wasn’t the most popular girl in school either 😈 And, We all know what happened to King’s Carrie. 😂🤣😂🤣

We all want to do our best to have some recognition for the effort we put into our writing. If anything, I keep telling myself, Rise above it, Paula and move on. It’s the only thing I’m good at, motivating myself. If you don’t try, you can’t succeed. One step at a time, and keep moving forward.

Yesterday, and for the last week, I’ve been busy editing my next book. It got me wondering if computers can think outside the box and be as creative in the same way as humans. I managed to spot a plot hole 🕳 in my latest book yesterday evening, thank goodness. I didn’t spot it before, but once that piece of the puzzle dropped into place, I started focusing on what else I might have missed. It’s the reason I don’t like to rush my books or work under pressure. It’s too easy to overlook something that could spark a new idea or finish an important thread. 

Two of my books have recently received two-star ratings. It’s tough when that happens. My insecurities kicked in, causing me to question my ability to write rather than whether the reader didn’t like other elements of the books. Maybe, it had nothing to do with my ability to write itself. It might have been the plot, the characters. One reader said they didn’t like the ending of one of my books because it wasn’t how they thought it would finish. (Well, they didn’t write it) It might not have been the right time for them to read the books, and they rushed to finish them, skipping pages rather than reading every word.

Right, have a great day, everyone. I’m off to finish my editing.