Dreams...
April 19th 2010 20:13
My grandmother said to me today that my uncle decided that he would have a full time job by the age of twenty-one. And he did. She also said that he wanted to be in a serious relationship, be a dad, and stop drinking by the age of thirty. And he did.
There's something to be said about making plans for your future. Plan to achieve your dreams. The path will be bumpy, and not everything will go according to plan, but someday, with enough butt-to-chair, you'll see your name in print. You might never be a J.K. Rowling or a Stephen King, but if just one book gets on those shelves, and you get just one email from a fan saying that you've inspired them to write-then perhaps you've reached your dream after all.
My dream has always been to make a living writing books. How am I going to get there?
I'm going to finish rewriting Phoenix Falling and get my proof copy from CreateSpace.
I'm going to write more books in the Jihad series.
I'm going to write Emilia and Aslandial, and I'm going to write another book (more on that later) outside of the Jihad series, by the end of this summer.
I'm going to continue writing this blog, with the hope that by the time I turn eighteen and can get a Google Adsense account, I'll have thousands of readers and I'll make some money from this effort.
I'm going to launch my website very soon, and when the Dear Diary workshop is done, turn it into an eBook.
I want to see my first book in print by the time I turn twenty-one.
I want to be able to live solely off my writing by the time I turn thirty, and to own a house.
I want to live my dream. And I'm willing to do the work.
There's something to be said about making plans for your future. Plan to achieve your dreams. The path will be bumpy, and not everything will go according to plan, but someday, with enough butt-to-chair, you'll see your name in print. You might never be a J.K. Rowling or a Stephen King, but if just one book gets on those shelves, and you get just one email from a fan saying that you've inspired them to write-then perhaps you've reached your dream after all.
My dream has always been to make a living writing books. How am I going to get there?
I'm going to finish rewriting Phoenix Falling and get my proof copy from CreateSpace.
I'm going to write more books in the Jihad series.
I'm going to write Emilia and Aslandial, and I'm going to write another book (more on that later) outside of the Jihad series, by the end of this summer.
I'm going to continue writing this blog, with the hope that by the time I turn eighteen and can get a Google Adsense account, I'll have thousands of readers and I'll make some money from this effort.
I'm going to launch my website very soon, and when the Dear Diary workshop is done, turn it into an eBook.
I want to see my first book in print by the time I turn twenty-one.
I want to be able to live solely off my writing by the time I turn thirty, and to own a house.
I want to live my dream. And I'm willing to do the work.
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