Book Writing: Days Three & Four

It has been wonderful not to be on the computer as much in the last couple of weeks. I have been spending most of the weeks on Bowen in an un-‘wired’ house and at home on the weekends connecting with my husband, family and friends.

I am going to try and catch up on posts today. Day Three was my birthday and I just had to come back and see Michael. The next morning…

Day Four

• I woke up and went through the regular routine: got up to make Mike a lunch while he showered, saw him off, brewed a pot of coffee, read.
• But instead of getting to work around 9am I started to clean and sort the house. THIS is why I can’t write the book from home: distraction! I am so blessed to have a place where I can work without things cluttering my mind. I especially love that my office at the Cowper’s has no internet. The rest of the day was spent doing web updates. I don’t think this is the best use of my time so I am only going to update my blog every few days or once a week depending on how things go.

[Weekend @ home:]

• good talks with mom and Michael about the book.
• I am feeling strongly that I need to stay true to the original inspiration I had for the book, which was a response to the statistic that 31% of Canadians are made uneasy by born-again Christians (Macleans, August 2006.)
• I am also going to focus more on the stories than the visuals at this point, and I’m not going to stress about the timing. There’s lots of time for editing but the goal now is to get as much down on paper as possible.
• Participated in a Natural Family Planning teacher training workshop all weekend with Michael
• Went out to dinner at Joey Tomato’s to celebrate my b-day. Michael gave me a gorgeous stained-glass window and earrings. They’re both such beautiful gifts!
• I had a lovely visit with my grandma on Saturday. Her mind is so sharp, it never ceases to amaze me. She gave me a book entitled: For such a time as this, a profile of 26 women of ‘vision and faith’ by Lillian V. Grissen, published by the Christian Reformed Church. She urged me to read this before I write. I began reading it on the ferry home to Bowen on Sunday. God bless grandma.