No, not in the New age sense — I’m talking about my former career that I’m now resurrecting.
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Like a Tortoise, This Journey
In this fast-paced world, with so many demands on my time, sometimes my writing time — what little I have — is reduced to a smaller sliver.
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Looking Forward
As my summer break draws to an end, I’m looking forward, and moving forward, in several areas of my life.
I find that even my paltry amount of writing time is being squeezed in this season of life, so I’m working even harder to make that consistent writing time happen — even if it’s only for a short window of time.
Due to personal circumstance, I’m picking back up my previous career as a software engineer — well, a slightly different flavor of a career on a part-time basis. And it has the possibility of tying into my writing career to some degree. More on that later.
The formidable amount of work in this present season of life has made me realize I’m working what amounts to at least 3 part-time jobs. As I move forward, my life will require planning and organization to stay on top of things.
Summer… Break?
We talk about summer break so much in this culture, especially those of us with children. However, it’s not really much of a break, is it?
The long, hot, hazy, lazy days of summer are part of the American mythos, a fading reality for most of us. Summer is packed with camps, camping, special lessons, holiday and family celebrations, travel, vacations, training, projects… the list is endless.
Whatever you’re doing this summer, I hope you’re enjoying it. Or at least taking moments to stop, breathe deep, and be in the moment.
Happy summer!
A Personal Note: Travelling Light
On a personal note, I remain bemused that I travel so much lighter than my husband and child. The above pictures gear we took into the hotel for an overnight stay on our way to Texas. My gear is circled; everything else is the guys’.
Writing a Novel and Writing Code Share…
…an astounding ambiguity with terminology. You’d think, as long as writing has been around, those in the publishing industry would have agreed to standard definitions, a standard vocabulary. Not so.
And, surprisingly, neither has the software industry. Software being considered more of a science, one would expect practitioners to have agreed on common terms. Yet, even what title you call one who codes, develops, and engineers software varies: software engineer, programmer, software developer, systems engineer, systems analyst, and many more.
So, with those who read a book in draft form one can have critiquers, alpha-readers, beta-readers, writing partners, mentors, development editors, line-by-line editors, and more.
One might argue that each of these titles connotes a different flavor of responsibility, but the lines are definitely blurred.
2019: Looking Ahead
A new year dawns, and we think about what is to come, what to do differently. Sometimes we dream big, sometimes we dream small. Sometimes we see that resolutions are rubbish.
This year, my personal theme is moving forward. I know what I need to do, and I will push forward in several areas. Not too many — just those areas of health, of writing, of relationship, where God leads me.
Goals are worthless unless they are the right goals, unless they are achievable, unless one at least knows a direction to try. It doesn’t matter if it’s baby steps; it doesn’t matter if it’s a dance of two steps forward and one back. It’s the direction and the movement that counts.
So, in 2019, get moving!