On Poetry And Dreams

Can you believe it?

I almost forgot I had to check in for the evening!...almost!

It just came to mind now and I started...with the time logger as well.

Habit stacking can be hard sometimes, Ami....but the path is the goal, right?

I'm blasting music as I type this....sooo...

Don't actually know what to think about.

I finished most of the actions in my routine after dinner....and did one of the actions in my bedtime routine (writing my task list for the next day)....until I remembered the blog.

Well, my day went well....

Any hiccups?....not really...

I didn't step outside today, now that I think about it...and there was marvelous sunlight.

I actually thought of taking a long walk in the sun...but for some reason, I was like "nah...not today".

But I actually accomplished a lot in relation to my weekly goals....this week, I wrote a longer list.

And I forgot to mention the theme for this week, which is Fiction/Poetry.

Yes....I'm a poet as well.

I'm working on an anthology....actually a collection of some 100 poems (or so!) I wrote.

Actually, that was where my challenge habit started...I wrote down a goal to write poems and stories everyday for 4 months...

Then, I didn't know anything about marketing...I didn't even have a smartphone!

But I wrote every single day for 120 days.

Whether the poem was good or not, I didn't know...they made sense to me...twas all that mattered.

I ended up with 117 poems and 3 short stories at the end.

Now I want to make that collection into an ebook since they were written in a note I still have with me.

So that's that about poetry.

Another incident was where I finally opened my first novel draft....one I started to write in February. 

After finishing the draft, I literally wrapped it like a parcel...can you believe it?😄

I kept it away to 'hibernate' for six months.

Trust me when I tell you that a lot can happen in that time, Ami.

I'm still reading through it. The idea behind keeping it away was to approach it as a new reader...someone who hasn't read it previously....that way, I can get a fresh perspective on how the edits will go.

And honestly...the draft is terrible!

But it's allowed...for the first draft of any story to be terrible...at least there's a story.

I'm in love with fiction but I can't fully go into it now....I want to learn how to sell first.

If I complete my book in the future, it will be easier to sell it....(see what I mean?).

It can become a best-seller novel one day.

Won't give up on that dream, Ami.

For it to happen, I have to embark on this marketing journey.

My poems and stories will always be with me....I wrote them...

So when I call myself a writer, now you know what I mean (content, copy, poetry)

That's all for now, Ami....never give up on that dream you have, whatever it is...keep going no matter what...the path is the goal.

See you next time ✌

PS: I've been typing for 34 minutes now...and I said I didn't know what to think about.... 😏 silly girl.

And the music is still playing 🎶 🎧