{"id":379541,"date":"2013-07-26T02:37:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T02:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/26\/on-stephen-king-and-what-ive-been-writing\/"},"modified":"2013-07-26T02:37:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T02:37:00","slug":"on-stephen-king-and-what-ive-been-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/26\/on-stephen-king-and-what-ive-been-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"On Stephen King and What I’ve Been Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sometimes life just gets in the way of what we really want to be doing.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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And sometimes things aren\u2019t as they appear.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I\u2019ve been writing Journeyers, much like this post where I talk about Joan Didion and Abigail Thomas<\/span><\/a>, I\u2019ve been penning words to paper and banging them out on my keyboard.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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But here\u2019s what else I\u2019ve been doing.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Updating my query for Digging for the Light<\/span><\/a><\/em>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Yes\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I should be devoting more time to that endeavor, but the research and effort that goes into finding an agent that you might suit (and whom might also suit your long term goals) is exhausting.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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And here\u2019s the rub: If we\u2019re not writing, then we\u2019re not writers.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I\u2019m finding it difficult to Mom, Bookkeep, Work, Brainstorm, Teach, Write and<\/em> Research, and Sleep.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Darned that Evil Slumber!<\/span><\/div>\n

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But here\u2019s the thing, I\u2019ve had this dream for twenty-three years now.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Actually, I first dreamt of becoming a writer when I was twelve years old and lay sunbathing on my sidewalk, fantasizing about being the world\u2019s youngest author.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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That day might have long come and gone, but I\u2019ve had this desire for most of my life and I\u2019m not giving up on her.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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When I begin to feel defeated or like it will never happen or start beating myself over the head with a hammer, I remember that the road may be long and windy, but slowly and steadily I\u2019m winning the race.<\/span><\/span>
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So, anywho<\/i>, I\u2019m off to finish dusting off that query and tailor it to someone I think (hope, pray, beg, plead, and have strategized toward) might just be a match.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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And I\u2019m hoping this opening line, one I spent years pairing down and honing in on, lures her in.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Wish me luck, my magical friends!<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Hugs and healing!<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Soon\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Please do share…<\/span> <\/p>\n
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Sometimes life just gets in the way of what we really want to be doing. And sometimes things aren\u2019t as they appear. I\u2019ve been writing Journeyers, much like this post where I talk about Joan Didion and Abigail Thomas, I\u2019ve been penning words to paper and banging them out on my keyboard. But here\u2019s what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[327,1025,1024,1026,149],"class_list":["post-379541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-digging-for-the-light","tag-opening-line","tag-query","tag-stephen-king","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/pin_it_button.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}