I was reading a blog by agent Irene Goodman a little while ago about good habits for writers and she mentionned that sometimes you just have to get on that bus.

What does it mean?

You work hard at your craft, you do all that you should and you know that you are ready for that small bit of luck that may come your way.

But when it comes, do you actually recognize it? Do you ride it? Are you getting on that bus?

When I had the chance to be an AT finalist, I knew I was close to the big prize. I worked as hard as I could. The night before “the call” or “the email” really, I was ready for a no. I had done absolutely all I could. I went to bed knowing there was not one more thing I could do with the ressources I had.

If I hadn’t make it, I would have had no regrets.

For the things that matter to us, our relationships, our love ones, our passions, it’s good to try to recognize that time. Are we getting on the bus? Giving it our very best? Or are we stepping back, knowing what we should do but being held back by fear, or laziness or perhaps thinking that we’ll have that chance again?

Luck is fickle, it happens only once. Make that call, listen to your child, go deep and address your issues, wake up and write that scene, take charge. Not later, now.

A little more brainstorming of the Steampunk story today and closing in on that title!

Blessed be

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