During the A to Z Challenge, over 900 bloggers are posting once a day to their blogs and each day represents one letter of the alphabet. (April/30 days minus 4 Sundays = 26 days/letters.) Check out my personal blog to see what I came up with for the letter "C" on a non-writing basis.I've faced and overcome many Challenges in my life--as I'm sure you have. On a few occasions, the Challenges got the better of me. That's just how life goes, sometimes.
Here's an opportunity for you share a story about how you overcame, or didn't overcome, one of life's Challenges. Of Course, the Challenge has to be related to your writing, even if only peripherally.
YOUR CHOICE: post a Comment here or e-mail me and we can arrange to have you share your story in the future--either as one of "letter" days this month, or in May.
That's a great way to give back! My challenge had more to do with getting my butt online and finding my blogging voice.
ReplyDeleteI think finishing my Master's thesis was the biggie. I went to grad school in the early 90s and thought I could do my thesis while I was pregnant the first time (HA! not while working full time and needing 14 hours a day of sleep). In the meantime I had a baby, my husband went insane (it didn't last, but it was rough for a while) and I had to act as single mom for a couple years, but I decided if I was EVER going to have a job that wasn't waitressing, I just had to do it. I met with my advisor, plotted a timeline, and went for it. Took about 8 months, but I did it.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Hart's comment, I hate to even mention mine. My challenge was overcoming a judgement from a college professor that I would never succeed as a writer. He suggested I take up basket-weaving as a creative outlet.
ReplyDelete@ Alex: But you did it, and that's what counts.
ReplyDelete@ Hart: Way to go! Sometimes we appreciate the fruits of our labors more when we have to work really hard.
@ Maryann: Boo! Hiss! Did you ever send the professor a signed copy of one of your books?