The Inevitable

“He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in Him, whose thoughts turn often to the Lord!  Trust in the Lord God always, for in the Lord Jehovah is your everlasting strength” (Isaiah 26:3,4)

Change is inevitable.  And change, even when it’s for something positive, or something that I’ve initiated, typically fills me with trepidation.

I started a second blog/author’s page this week.  It was part of a homework assignment and I fudged it a little because I wasn’t supposed to go “live” with it yet but…c’est la vie.  It’s up and “live” and I’m doing the chronic second guessing of myself, hoping I haven’t shot myself in the proverbial foot.

And yet, I want this.  I want to start building a brand that everyone can recognize.  I want to generate as much interest in my novel as I can.  It may be months before it will be completed.  And, while I’m planning on going the self-publishing route, I’m sure there will be a few learning curves, even a few road blocks along the way.  If it was all smooth sailing, it wouldn’t be worth pursuing.  I have to keep reminding myself that this is the dream that He put on my heart from the very first moment I picked up a pen, or pencil, and applied it to paper.  It is also the dream that He put on my heart the first time I watched my paternal grandfather banging away on his manual typewriter…and then got to bang away on it myself whenever he wasn’t using it.

This is it.

If I don’t take this next step, I’ll always be looking back and wondering why I didn’t.  At this point, all that matters is the story…and the journey towards that day when I can finally type: “The End”.  And, while I hope it flies off the shelves, I confess I have to let go of the outcome.  It’s in His hands.  Always has been.  Always will be.

In the meantime, I hope those of you who have been following this blog will hop on over to lisaburbank.wordpress.com and check out the new space.  Besides providing updates on my novel’s progress, I will also be sharing some of the history and research that I’ve done in planning the novel–some of it learned in the many years working/volunteering in living history–as well as character profiles and pieces cut during the revision process, which is the bulk of one’s writing practice.  I hope you will also consider liking and/or following.

May God bless you & keep you!