Writing Made Official

 I got paid on Saturday. I sent Anna some money, paid my insurance premiums, brought my student loan balance down to $15,990 (which in no way allows for a celebration of getting it under $16K because of the compounding interest) and purchased a one year membership on Grammarly Pro. 

I set the goal to work on my book for 30 minutes a day. In fact, I became pretty convicted about forcing myself to do it. Checking into motels for a few days and doing nothing except my writing was a lot easier when I was single and working while traveling around nine states. It isn’t going to happen any time soon, though. So I just have to make time like a regular person. 

I want to make it clear that I’m not using Grammarly to write blog posts here. If I pick up again on either my child advocate blog or missing person blog, then I would. But here is just a place for me to vomit thoughts. I blog from my phone, and Grammarly is on my laptop. 

I’ve made it my job to do 30 minutes a day of my book. I’m using techniques I learned in some memoir writing books. It has to happen for me, even if we are working out of town long days. I’ve been successful at it all weekend, too.