I\u2019ve gone way too long without posting. That\u2019s good in some ways because I\u2019ve been so focused on writing my book that I can\u2019t bear to take time away for blogging. Of course that\u2019s counter-productive. Everyone in the writing and publishing world keeps telling me to be sure to spend the necessary time to grow my platform.<\/p>\n
My writing process has been interesting. For years, I\u2019ve resisted the idea of writing a book but during my last days in Kabul, Elias Amidon shared his vision of the book I might write. Somehow, in that moment, the idea of writing a book finally resonated. I began the project on January 2nd, committing myself to write four hours a day, five days a week. It doesn\u2019t seem like much except it involved fitting four hours into an already full schedule and a full life.<\/p>\n
It was tough. I added flexibility by recommitting to 20 hours a week and ended up spending my weekends writing, never giving myself a day off. Somehow, over time, something shifted and I began getting the writing completed by Friday afternoons. Now that my presentations are all created, except for one on business women that I\u2019ll put together over the summer, and my speaking engagements are finished for a while, 20 hours suddenly seems too easy. So, from now until the fall, I\u2019ve ramped it up to 25 hours.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s interesting to watch myself. I\u2019ve finally admitted that I\u2019m obsessed with getting this book written, and written well. Not in terms of constantly thinking about it when I\u2019m doing other things, but in that I compare everything else I do to writing. \u201cWould I rather do this or write my book\u201d becomes my guiding question. Knowing its importance, I strive to keep myself balanced so I haven\u2019t quite become a hermit. Not quite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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