April 2021
Hello from Orlando!
Just a quick update on Blake Jordan #8. I’ve started writing. Finally! And I’ve made great progress. I try not to share too much about how things are going during the writing process. Especially when the words are flowing like they are now. I tend to be overly cautious. I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious and I don’t want to jinx things. Just know the new book is coming along and I’m very happy with it so far.
I always try to get the story perfect before I start. And of course, it never is. I plan my work. I work my plan. But when I dive in, when the words get written and the story begins to takes shape, the direction it goes in is often very different from what I had planned. You need an idea to get started… but that idea isn’t always what the story ends up being about. It reminds me of one of my favorite sayings for getting started:
Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.
The truth is, I’m never ready to start writing a new story. My idea is never perfect. And there are always excuses to delay. Life’s too crazy to start this right now. I’ll wait until things get back to normal. I’ll sleep in and start tomorrow (my personal favorite).
But I don’t want to sleep my life away.
I don’t want to sit around watching life pass me by, wondering what I should do with it.
I don’t want to delay and squander whatever little talent God has loaned me.
Talent we all have, in one form or another, but not everyone will do something with…
If I’m completely honest, I think what keeps me going and helps me fight the good fight and to add, as I tell myself, ‘just one more page’ to the manuscript each day is… when it’s all said and done, I want to leave a dent in this world. A big, massive dent.
Don’t you?
I checked this morning and, across the Blake Jordan series, you’ve left 5,250 reviews. For a relatively unknown writer, that’s a lot! Whenever I read them, I’m left speechless. The stories have meant something to you. Enough to write a few words so others know about it. Enough to remind me when my alarm goes off, I need to get up and work on my craft. Because someone, somewhere, is counting on me to share it with them…
Just like someone, somewhere, is counting on you to share your talent with them, too.
So here’s to working on that dent… and for adding ‘just one more page’ each day, knowing that if we’re bold and if we’re brave, mighty forces will come to our aid. -Ken