A writer's life can be lonely sometimes. Instead of hanging with the buddies, you have to stay home and get quiet so you can listen to your characters or organize your thoughts. You need time to think, time to write and time to read. It's a double full time job for the serious author. So be encouraged if the journey seems difficult right now. It may or may not get easier, but it is always worth it. Keep writing and sharing the things that change lives. Keep putting fingers to keys and creating. Someone appreciates it. For more writing inspiration, join me at Books by Lacresha Hayes on Facebook.
This has been one of the most inspirational weeks I've had in a long time. Some of the writing I'd been putting off, feeling blocked from is now flowing freely.
A writer's life can be lonely sometimes. Instead of hanging with the buddies, you have to stay home and get quiet so you can listen to your characters or organize your thoughts. You need time to think, time to write and time to read. It's a double full time job for the serious author. So be encouraged if the journey seems difficult right now. It may or may not get easier, but it is always worth it. Keep writing and sharing the things that change lives. Keep putting fingers to keys and creating. Someone appreciates it. For more writing inspiration, join me at Books by Lacresha Hayes on Facebook.
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As writers, you've probably already discovered the industry is challenging, albeit rewarding. A writer must find content, organize it properly and then relay it to the audience via the written word. There are all sorts of technical issues and to top it all off, there is the daunting task of marketing and promotions on a budget. I know your struggles, writers, and I feel your pain. But please finish this post if you hope to have a long career. I know you feel overwhelmed with all your responsibilities. I know you want to connect with others because writing is such a lonely job. But don't lose your mystery with all the access readers, other writers and curious people in general demand through social media and GPS tracking and location services. Everyone wants to know everything about you, but it can be hazardous to your career to give them too much too soon. We live in a time of fads that come and go overnight, literally. There were times when fads lasted for years, but now there are so many new things beckoning our attention, we move on more quickly. I'm not sure where this break neck pace is headed, but it can't be good. As an author or writer, it's difficult not to become a victim of a fad. By no means is it a bad thing to catch on during one and ride it out, but most of us want a lifelong career and income from our pieces. Thus, we have to find a way to outlive the fleeting fancies of readers today. If they get all of you in the first book, article or interview, there will be no reason to return. That's the beauty of mystery. It keeps us coming back. Mystery will cause you to outlive fads. Mystery boosts you to iconic levels. If you plan to last, you must maintain some mystery. For more, join me on Facebook, at Officially Lacresha Hayes and or on Twitter. Round 3 Coming to the conclusion that I need God was the easy part. Reconnecting with Him much more difficult, not because of Him but because of the state I was in. I was trying to “find” God, but God was never lost, and had not departed. Thus, again I was spinning my wheels. I was looking outside of myself for an answer that would only come through making peace between myself and God. Right after I began going through repeated hospitalizations and E.R. visits, I began to lose faith. It began to feel like this illness would always be in my life and I’d always be miserably sick and barely able to function. And so, even before the doctors began to give up, I’d given up. I was praying for death and release versus healing and restoration for a time. While my whole church family labored in prayer with me to be healed, I was so broken and confused by pain that I was in direct opposition to those prayers. I wanted only for it to end. While not preaching or trying to convert anyone in this book, I find it necessary to talk about the role of faith and speech in healing and wholeness. I remember something my Physical Science teacher used to say in school. “Just because you can’t see gravity or don’t believe in it doesn’t exempt you from the effects of it (gravity).” In the same way, whether or not we believe in God does not change the fact that He exists and He is Most Powerful. Often, when people are diagnosed with chronic illnesses, either they cling to God more desperately or reject Him more definitely. But either way, most sick people have very strong feelings about faith, a case for it or against it. And the list of people proclaiming supernatural healing grows by the hundreds or thousands each day. Yet, growing as rapidly are those who became disillusioned because they were diagnosed with a disease. In their mind, their faith should have protected them from ever becoming ill. They feel that God has failed them and allowed some awful evil to come into their lives by way of sickness and disease. And so, they create a horrible cycle, speaking negative words with worsening results until it culminates into some form of death. Whatever condition you are in spiritually will create either a circle of blessing, healing and wholeness or a circle of loss, destruction and depression. Fortunately, God isn’t like mankind. He is easily entreated. He never holds grudges or anger. He never holds the past over our heads. He never hides away. He presents Himself moment by moment as a real option in our lives. Though He’s never in need of finding, He still must be sought. There are those, who in false humility, assume they cannot wait until everything falls apart to run to God. Guilt won’t allow them. They ascribe to God humanly characteristics like pettiness and cruelty, mockery and grudges. They believe God won’t hear them when they know they need Him most, but it does not matter what has transpired in the past, God has made Himself available to all at any time through prayer. This all may seem like a long detour, but bear with me because I had to make those prior points to get to the meat of this chapter. When I became ill, I was in a sinful relationship. I was separated from my godly husband and making plans to marry another man. I was in adultery. I was shacking. I was lying. I wasn’t faithful at church. I was backslidden. I was depressed. And in that low place, though I knew God and had previously preached the Gospel, I felt completely alienated from Him. I didn’t know how to boldly approach the throne of grace to find help in troubling times. I didn’t know how to accept His goodness or grace. I didn’t feel that He was with me or for me. I felt like I was an enemy to God and thus, I was rendered powerless to believe the scriptures applied to me too, that I could be healed too. (All rights reserved. Copyright 2012 Lacresha Hayes) For more, get your copy now! Connect with my on Facebook and Twitter, or review my books on Goodreads. It's easy to get caught up in the hype of being an author. And sometimes, us authors want to be famous before our writing can support that. Funny thing, fame is.
Some authors have friends and a large support group. Others do not. Regardless, we have to work with what we have until we can do better. When i first started, I had about four friends and a very small budget. Now, I have developed fans and each one contributes to my success by their word of mouth and wonderful reviews, and sometimes their honest criticisms and critiques. It takes both, you know. It is the negative that forces us to come back to reality and keep working at our craft. So, don't fear starting small. Work with what you have now and trust that as you stay committed, what you have will grow. |
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