Despite yesterday being the first day back after a long weekend, I’m already feeling like I need a break from it all. The AuthorDad approach to a writing career is to build a backlist while keeping up my university job so that I can make the transition later with a relatively soft landing that won’t hurt my family.
But lately, I’ve had more and more days that make me just want to cut and run right away. Of course, that would be a crisis right now, since I’m not even nearly finished with my first novel, but boy do I ever want to.
At the same time, I’m also feeling down about my writing and its quality, giving me less confidence than ever that I could even make it as an author, so the idea of running seems farther away than ever. I suspect the feeling down is linked.
For now, though, it’s too much stress on both fronts. And frankly not enough sleep. I’m going to take a few days off writing until I can get it under control.