Finally…

After such a busy and stressful year, I am only now getting to grips with playing catch up in my office. I have been trying, obviously, but I don’t think my heart was in it. It was just something that needed doing.

Maybe it took longer for me to realise that I really did have a future, one that didn’t have me sitting in a wheelchair, unable to move. That fear hasn’t completely gone away; it lingers like a bad smell.

Waiting for the next treatment to stop the pain in my back is proving to be never ending. Hospital waiting lists seem to be impossibly long.

And then there are my poor knees.

Thanks to several tumbles, most days they are more painful than my back!

So, positive thinking is not easy, and it is hard to maintain when you do find some. My main problem was having to learn how to do everything again. For some reason not all of the information had filtered through!

Despite all of this, or maybe because of it, I am slowly clearing the backlog on my desk. That long list of writing jobs is getting shorter. I have far more enthusiasm than I expected, and I love it.

Coming soon… two upgraded and polished manuscripts, a new novella, almost ready to publish, a brand-new story idea, and the long suffering current WIP is coming back to life. My head bursts with ideas and planning.

I feel confident and able for the first time this year, and this is the best thing of all…

Hooray!


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31 responses to “Finally… #progress report”

  1. It looks like things are looking up on the writing front. Keep up the optimism! 😋

  2. WHOOT!!! :D

    1. Oh yes, Widds, at last! 💕😊

  3. This is wonderful news, Jaye! I’m so glad you’ve finally turned the corner. Go girl! [just don’t be rash] ;)

    1. I’m Mrs careful and slow these days, Meeks… just in case!

      1. Good! lol If it makes you feel any better, I’m having to be more careful these days too. Many of the things I used to take for granted are now a matter of ‘softly softly’ so I don’t put my back out. I hate it, but it is what it is.

        1. I am having to remind myself constantly that I am over the hill, but I’m not having any of it. Why doesn’t my head feel ancient to match the rest of me?

          1. LOL!!! Oh boy do I know that feeling. You are not alone. :D

            1. good to have company, Meeks…

  4. Congratulations on the upcoming new releases! That’s fantastic! I love your ‘never give up’ spirit!

    1. so do I, Jan. Long may it stick with me!

  5. Great news, Jaye. Thanks for sharing it.

    1. Really happy to share it, John… 😊

  6. Yay! Onward and forward!

    1. Absolutely… 😊💕

  7. celebrating YOUR reasons to celebrate!

  8. That’s what I love about you… keep on keeping on! You exemplify these ten two-letter words: if it is to be, it is up to me. Keep ’em coming!

    1. What a lovely thing to say, Grant. You make me feel that everything is worth it…

      1. …and so it is!

  9. You had a tough year, but persevered. Well done!!

    1. I am so very glad I have improved, I was beginning to think I wouldn’t! 💕

  10. Excellent news!!

    1. It really is, Chris. Depression City wasn’t far away, so more than grateful to sent it packing!

  11. I am so glad to hear the spark of hope in your words. Into every life some rain must fall- but perhaps you are entering the phase where the beautiful flowers are going to bloom!

    1. That would be so lovely, Violet… 🌸🏵️

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    This is really great news! It all starts in the brain cells. Congratulations! Best wishes, Michael

    1. I’m not sure where it began, Michael. I’m just happy to feel so much more in charge of things!

  13. That’s great news ❤️

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