Well, I am so sorry that you broke your wrist, but perhaps this quote from Richard Wagamese might, if not make you feel better, at least reassure you that as a gifted storyteller, you are on an important path.
“All that we are is story. From the moment we are born to the time we continue on our spirit journey, we are involved in the creation of the story of our time here. It is what we arrive with. It is all we leave behind. We are not the things we accumulate. We are not the things we deem important. We are story. All of us. What comes to matter then is the creation of the best possible story we can while we’re here; you, me, us, together. When we can do that and we take the time to share those stories with each other, we get bigger inside, we see each other, we recognize our kinship – we change the world, one story at a time…”
Congratulations on the book deal! The book sounds fantastic, and I can't wait to read it. I'm sorry to hear about your wrist, but there's always research to keep you busy. Just don't do what I do and research forever. :) The Orthopedists call that FOOSH for falling on an outstretched arm. So if anyone asks what you did, you can honestly say you fooshed.
My guess is that you are gonna have a better book because you are going to figure out every last thing you hate about speech to text writing and it is going to inform writing the book in ways you don't even know. Dive into it!! Get all those words out and your brain will calm down enough to write a whole book
If this post is an example of your ability to write without the aid of your fingers, I’m pretty confident you’ll be OK. Sorry about the wrist (I broke mine years ago when I decided learning to roller blade in your thirties would be a fun adventure! Ha!) I hope you at least got some fun drugs from the ordeal.
Congrats on the book deal! I’m super excited for you! Couldn’t happen to anyone more deserving. 🥰🍾🎉
“Growing up evangelical, I wasn't allowed to say something was lucky. You had to say “blessed.” I'm blessed, God has blessed me. Saying something or someone was lucky supposedly negated God. But the older I've gotten, the more I don't really understand why things happen to whom and how, there's so many variables in life, and so much of it seems very random, and if there is a God, he seems very arbitrary and cruel sometimes, if he is actually responsible for doling out rewards and punishments. And despite claims to the contrary, saying, God has blessed me, still makes it sound like you've done something to deserve it. And I haven't deserved a lot of it, most of it. Not the bad, not the good. I stumbled into this book deal like I tumbled down that mountain. None of it makes sense to me anymore. so I just say I am lucky.
This doesn't make much sense either and is in fact the worst writing I have done in a long time.”
I’d argue the opposite. This makes a lot of sense and provided a really good frame for the blessed vs. lucky conversation that was also a part of my evangelical upbringing.
Admittedly, I've only read the first section of this post (I'll get to the rest along with coffee later); but congrats! Amazing. That's a huge deal. (FWIW, I went through the same, "We'd prefer for you to turn your 2,000 Twitter followers into 200,000 Twitter followers..." issue when I wrote my book.)
🎶Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream...
Just don’t fall on your butt,
The pain will make you scream.🎶
🤣
Well, I am so sorry that you broke your wrist, but perhaps this quote from Richard Wagamese might, if not make you feel better, at least reassure you that as a gifted storyteller, you are on an important path.
“All that we are is story. From the moment we are born to the time we continue on our spirit journey, we are involved in the creation of the story of our time here. It is what we arrive with. It is all we leave behind. We are not the things we accumulate. We are not the things we deem important. We are story. All of us. What comes to matter then is the creation of the best possible story we can while we’re here; you, me, us, together. When we can do that and we take the time to share those stories with each other, we get bigger inside, we see each other, we recognize our kinship – we change the world, one story at a time…”
Such a beautiful quote, thank you
I can't get over how excited I am about this. It's finally real!!!
and ladies and gents, THIS LADY RIGHT HERE is my fairy godmother, one of my agents at BBH Literary! can't thank you enough.
but can you wave your magic wand again over this wrist?
Sorry about the injury and congrats on the book!
Congrats on the book deal! And heal up soon (you have knitting needles for the itch, right?).
Congratulations on the book deal! The book sounds fantastic, and I can't wait to read it. I'm sorry to hear about your wrist, but there's always research to keep you busy. Just don't do what I do and research forever. :) The Orthopedists call that FOOSH for falling on an outstretched arm. So if anyone asks what you did, you can honestly say you fooshed.
Congratulations on the book deal, Holly! Sorry about your arm! #blessed
My guess is that you are gonna have a better book because you are going to figure out every last thing you hate about speech to text writing and it is going to inform writing the book in ways you don't even know. Dive into it!! Get all those words out and your brain will calm down enough to write a whole book
Your lips to god’s ears
If this post is an example of your ability to write without the aid of your fingers, I’m pretty confident you’ll be OK. Sorry about the wrist (I broke mine years ago when I decided learning to roller blade in your thirties would be a fun adventure! Ha!) I hope you at least got some fun drugs from the ordeal.
Congrats on the book deal! I’m super excited for you! Couldn’t happen to anyone more deserving. 🥰🍾🎉
One thing about using speech to text, you will eventually get much better at organizing you thoughts before speaking them.
“Growing up evangelical, I wasn't allowed to say something was lucky. You had to say “blessed.” I'm blessed, God has blessed me. Saying something or someone was lucky supposedly negated God. But the older I've gotten, the more I don't really understand why things happen to whom and how, there's so many variables in life, and so much of it seems very random, and if there is a God, he seems very arbitrary and cruel sometimes, if he is actually responsible for doling out rewards and punishments. And despite claims to the contrary, saying, God has blessed me, still makes it sound like you've done something to deserve it. And I haven't deserved a lot of it, most of it. Not the bad, not the good. I stumbled into this book deal like I tumbled down that mountain. None of it makes sense to me anymore. so I just say I am lucky.
This doesn't make much sense either and is in fact the worst writing I have done in a long time.”
I’d argue the opposite. This makes a lot of sense and provided a really good frame for the blessed vs. lucky conversation that was also a part of my evangelical upbringing.
ps: The second verse of the Allman Brothers Band’s “Dreams” is really apropos for you “Climb down off the hilltop. Get back in the race” https://youtu.be/ESDqkzZOQCo?si=ZaN_sKgaWGRwaGQD
Hang in there.
That's such a cool lyric. I still owe a post about me and the Allman Brothers Band. Teaser is I walk down the aisle to blue sky.
Well done :) Dreams is pretty much my life in a nutshell. That and Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More.
Get well soon, and keep pushing on blessed vs. lucky… that’s some good stuff right there.
Admittedly, I've only read the first section of this post (I'll get to the rest along with coffee later); but congrats! Amazing. That's a huge deal. (FWIW, I went through the same, "We'd prefer for you to turn your 2,000 Twitter followers into 200,000 Twitter followers..." issue when I wrote my book.)
Better to be lucky than good, and better still to be lucky and good. Congrats!