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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Lentbook

Today is the beginning of the Lenten Season, lasting 47 days until Easter.  Christians are asked to give up something for Lent or take something new on.  It is a time of reflection and redemption, so it makes sense to voluntarily surrender a vice or a pleasure.  For me, I'm giving up Facebook.

That's right, I will only be on Facebook on Sundays (which are always a celebration of Christ's resurrection, and as such are not considered part of Lent).  Even then, I will only be on long enough to keep my notifications under control.  I have found myself spending too much time on Facebook and not enough writing or doing other things I need to do.  Who knows, maybe this will become a thing and Facebook will disappear from my life.

Yeah, right.

In other news, I am almost done editing chapter 32 (of 35).  Then I will start revisions based on what my critiquing group has mentioned and send the draft out to a select few individuals to proof-read for me.  I fully expect to edit more, but my goal is to start sending this thing off to agents and publishers by summer.  It's been a long struggle, so I am looking forward to seeing it end and starting a new chapter in my life.  One may be Chicken Soup for the Soul, which seems to have an eternal "looking for writers" thing going on.  I also have a sequel I want to write as well as a personal story I feel very compelled to put down on paper.

So, without further ado, I'm off to finish Chapter 32 and start on Chapter 33.