When You Don't Write what God Dictates

Spiritual food for thought...

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Phillippians 3:14

Today I had an urgent need to work on my novel. Last month I wrote half of it. I hoped to do the same this month. I was going to write all day until Selah came home. And then I received an urgent email from one of my old magazine editors. She needed an article fast, because she was approaching her deadline. I dropped what I was doing[my novel] and went to work. Closed my novel document and concentrated on completing this project. By day closeI had a fact checked article and was prepared to send. But there was a new email waiting for me now. She didn't need my article after all. Rats! Now I don't blame her or am at all upset by her cancelling me like that. But I am upset with myself for not following God's plan for me today. See. This reason is why my novel isn't done. I spread myself thin trying to cover articles and reviews and what not, instead of writing my stories. I have six unfinished novels in my computer(Lamonica and Tia know this)Good stories. But I haven't put the time in to complete them and take them to the market.
So this message is for all of you who write me wanting to know what do they need to do to write a novel. Listen to God. Stay Focused and Pressed toward the Mark. Even if christians ask you to do christian things, press toward the mark, say no and do what you are supposed to do.
I will not make that mistake again. I may pull an all nighter to get my novel on track. Tia, Claudia, Mary, I know y'all are waiting on me. I'm coming. For real:)

Writing to see what the end's gon' be,
Dee

Midafternoon Apocalypse

J. Mark Bertrand has a short story over at the New Pantagruel titled, Midafternoon Apocalypse. I'm always talking about writing outside of the box. Well...Bertrand writes outside of our time. :) Check it out. Then email him or go to his website and tell him what you thought of it. Tell him, Dee sent you, too.

Dee