Going with the Flow

I’m a simple girl. I like cats. I like chocolate. I don’t like when plans fall through. But this is publishing, people. Nothing you plan really works out the way you expected. We’ve all been there- assuming or expecting one outcome and then something else entirely happens. Heck, I was supposed to have out-sold JK Rowling by now. But what can you do?

Well, I’ve found the best way to combat exceedingly high expectations or the anticipation of that monumental first leap is to just go with the flow. I know, I know, kind of hippie-dippie but honestly, this has helped curb my writer-crazy considerably. I took a page out of my personal discoveries book and applied it to writer life. Whatever happens, happens. Hakuna matata.

You wrote your wicked awesome novel and now you have to let the world do with it what they will. Sign it, publish it, ridicule it, love it, share it, hate it. Things like this are going to happen regardless of how much you worry about them or not. You did your best, so instead of feeling like you’ve been let down or passed over, just know that everything happens for a reason. Maybe it’s not your time. Or not THE book. And that’s okay.

I get that this philosophy is hard to embrace and sometimes even hard to understand but it’s worked really well for me. That doesn’t mean I haven’t experienced disappointment or plans that fall apart, still. I’m human. I have hopes and dreams and sometimes those things don’t work out like I thought. Sometimes it’s hard to accept. But if you stay true to yourself and your personal and professional goals, everything will turn out right in the end.

So, write what you love, take a deep breath and put it out there for the world to see! You got this 🙂