Way Too Much Wednesday

It is with a heavy heart I tell you that I am shaving my blogging schedule.  I just can't keep up with everything that needs to be done, and my WIP and crit partners' manuscripts have to be my top priority (besides family and work, obvs.).  I just can't dedicate the amount of time needed for blogging.

So I'm reducing my blogging to twice a week, mostly Mondays and Thursdays.  I will blog in between if there is a blogfest, or if there is something I absolutely have to tell you.  But I feel like that would work better with my schedule.

This also means that I'll probably only religiously read blogs on Mondays and Thursdays.  The rest of the week I'll play catch up and do what I can, because I love reading your blogs so much!  But between giving Little Monster the attention she needs, giving my WIP the attention it/she/he (totally gender neutral on that) needs, and giving my crit partners the attention THEY need (dude, they're so needy), going to work 27 hours a week, and actually keeping my house above sanitation codes, I just can't do it all.  Unfortunately it's my blogging that will suffer.

I still love you guys so much- you are what makes this blog run.  Without you, I'd just be a lonely writer talking to a brick wall (or computer screen in this case).  You make me feel all warm and squishy inside when I know you're reading (or it could be the 5 pounds of cookie dough I just ate).  Either way, you brighten my day, just knowing you're there, hovering and reading (but not in a creepy stalkerish way)  So please don't hate me because I can't read your blog every day.  I will honestly try to keep up when I can.

I promise when I'm done with my edits for  my WIP and feel like I can come back to a more frequent schedule, I'm totally back to my M/W/F posts.

In Which I Gush Over You

I love you guys.  No, seriously, I do.  I started writing my novel over a year ago, but only just started blogging this past September.  I never thought blogging would be like this.  I never thought there would be such a tight community of writers, authors, aspiring authors, editors, illustrators etc. out there.  I thought, Oh we write our blogs, read others' and get info yadda yadda.  But what I didn't expect, was to actually make friends.  I have a connection with each and every one of you- I feel like I know you.  Not only do we exchange information, but we understand each other.  We know what we're going through and the support and love we get from each other is amazing! 

I love that my husband supports me, and I love that my family and friends are excited I'm actually writing a book.  But there's something different to be said about the people actually going through the same thing you are.  Those raw emotions we get when interacting with our characters, pulling our hair out together and jumping for joy together because we KNOW what it's like.  We're going through that too. 

In just 4 short months, I've made some friends I know I'll keep for a long time- best friends, even.  We pour our hearts out to each other 3 days a week (many of you 5 or 7!!), and we know we are there to lend an ear (okay, most of the time an eye), say something encouraging, a shoulder to cry on (again, mostly just an email), and never-ending enthusiasm for days. 

So, I want to say thanks to my family and friends who put up with my agonizing, whining and complaining, and a special thank you to my writing friends- all of you.  I honestly don't think I could do it without the support and encouragement from you all and the endless energy in which you approach writing and blogging.  You don't just put up with me- you are right there with me, experiencing the same things I am going through, feeling the same way I feel, and knowing we aren't alone in this crazy world of writing.

Here's to a new year of getting to know you more, and meeting new and interesting people (and writing of course!)!