Sometimes I wonder if my muse and fate have an alliance going. Whenever I question my next move or let a nasty little thing called doubt creep into my mind, something happens to give me a good old-fashioned kick in the butt. In this case, fate and my muse arranged for this week’s Wreck This Journal page to catch my attention. The instructions essentially call for flinging my journal from a high place.
Luckily, I live in a two story house with a vault ceiling. The second floor hallway is open with a view of the living room, which means there is plenty of room for a little journal flinging. Once I checked to make sure there were no cats or dogs anywhere near the “drop zone” I sent my journal over the edge. To make things a bit more interesting, I threw it so it would flip a few times on the way down. My journal flew like a stone and hit an end table before it landed on the floor.
The flipping action kept the book from closing on the way down, so a few pages were bent and the binding took yet another hit. Other than that, the damage was relatively minor. I documented my journal’s descent with a little doodle and some crayons. While I sat drawing a set of stairs and the splat of my journal on the floor, the epiphany of this whole experience became very clear.
Life is all about taking that leap. Whether it be jumping on a plane to explore all the places on my bucket list or diving headfirst into the challenge of teaching high school, I’ve always believed every good thing worth having requires a little courage and gumption. Even when the cliff is so high the bottom can’t be seen . . . I’ve got to buck up and jump! The same is true with my current endeavor into the realm of writing. My novel is done, my query letter is written, and a synopsis is on the horizon. I have to stop doubting and procrastinating. It’s time to jump. Before the month of November is done, I’m going to send out at least three query letters.
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c.b. 2011
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