The Waiting Games

Writers are always waiting. We write. We edit. We submit. And then, we wait. Most of the time, we are disappointed in the answer. Writers get more rejections than a leper on Tinder. Yet, we wait because we hope. Stephen King said he had to buy a bigger nail to impale all of his rejection letters. JK Rowling was rejected by everyone and ended up at a publisher that had never had a hit novel.

Hope feeds the writer.

I currently have a fun short story up for submission at a forthcoming anthology. Publication there would be a big step in my writing career. And so I wait.

However, I keep busy. Every two days, I post another freshly edited chapter of my southern gothic novel, Haunting Annabelle, on Wattpad. Yesterday, I finished outlining the current historical mystery novel that I’m a quarter of the way finished.

This week’s writing will be shared with going to Comic-Con. The writing panels will give me fresh energy. It will help with the waiting.

Now, I have to go walk the dog. Even Stephen King has to do that.