Traversing a Typeface.

So Journal, I just finished up the first chapter of my next book, maybe. This is amazing, but I do have to admit, it is harder than I thought it would be. A few days have passed since the last time I wrote to you. I’ve been really busy. I actually may have my next book to the outline stage. I’ve got an idea. It has legs. It has feet too. I might have made an author out of myself yet! I have a pilot chapter for four different books, they are all okaaay, but this one, dang. I think it’s the ticket. I have made a full time job for myself, sure, but it‘s my dream job. I need to work on timing a bit though. I need to talk to you every day, but the other things involved with this process- well, they take time too. Journal, there are only so many hours in a day. I am still figuring out the structure, but this is where I am supposed to be. I am going to come up with a decent schedule. I just approved the first round of edits on my manuscript. I’ve addressed most of the people who might sue me too, haha. At this rate, If I keep up on my next book, I should have another manuscript to turn in by the time my first book goes to print. I haven’t ever worked for myself. It turns out I am a pretty cool boss. That’s kinda scary though. On one hand, I have the freedom to work wherever and whenever I need to. On the other hand, I have the freedom to work whenever and wherever I need to. I wasn’t exactly raised to be very disciplined. I only did the work I wanted to; the work I was passionate about. Unfortunately, I think I took that with me into adulthood. The good news is, I love this work. I look forward to doing it. I can do it effectively. It’s enjoyable, annnd I am getting paid for it.

It’s a bit of a learning curve, don’t get me wrong, but man, it is rewarding. I rarely get burnout before I go home to see my beautiful family. I’ve been put in this amazing place where I am surrounded by all the right people and the Right tools able to build the perfect world. I‘ve actually shifted my mindset enough to believe that I can build that world for myself and my family. I can do what I love with the people I love, in a place I love. It may sound like I’m bragging, but I don’t think I am. I just plain don’t believe I’ve landed here. My logic is that maybe if I keep talking about this miracle, I will start to believe it.

I just got off the phone with my agent at my publisher, I was talking with him about next steps, like what happens after editing and page design. We even talked a bit about what happens after my first book is out… what my second book would look like.

Journal, I am exactly where I need to be to get to where I want to be, the fact that I can name those two places AND I can map out the path from A to B… I’ve never experienced that before. It is a fairly straight path too! I have my favorite people along to take the hike with me. I am looking down the mountain, I see a beautiful valley below. When I look up, I see the summit, the view from up there is going to be even more majestic. For now, I need to find a pace and put one foot in front of the other if i want to move across this mountain. It is marvelous when i think about it, I don’t have a mountain in front of me anymore. It is under me. I am on a mountain, my mountain.