Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Are You Moving?


Moving, in one form or another, has been the topic around here lately. This past weekend, my husband, kids, and I moved my mother in law into a new home. It wasn't a long distance move, just several miles down the road from where she'd previously lived.

It got me to thinking, am I moving forward with my writing? I guess that you could call it a delayed New Year's resolution musing. In some ways I think I'm making progress, in others, not so much.

What is considered a good writing move? A long one? Short ones? I've made short moves forward, such as writing blog posts or an article for a women's magazine. I think that a long move might be to enroll in writing classes, or write in a completely different genre, or to start a novel and see it through to publication. I think that the long and short moves add up to the finished product. We need the long, the short, and everything in between to get to where we are supposed tobe. What do you think?

While we're on the topic of moving, here's a site with info if you are planning an actual physical move, like my mother in law just did. New York Movers offers moving services for an across town or cross country move. Their concept is interesting; the site matches people with moving companies. Consumers post details about the move, location, how much stuff to be moved, etc. and they provide bids from moving companies. This would have come in handy when we moved from New Jersey to Kentucky six years ago.

Well, enough of my musings. Please share your thoughts, digressions, and musings, and tell us about your latest writing moves. Moving out of state, out of the country, out of a genre, or out of the computer chair? :) Hoping that you are, like me, moving forward.

Happy writing!

9 comments :

  1. Hi Karen....I have moved SO many times in my life that it's not funny. Have stayed put for the past 8 years and I hope it STAYS that way. I don't even like to move out of my house! Ha! Of course, my blog has been the greatest joy of these past four months. A bigger move than that has been to TRY to write columns for a newspaper (again) but so far, no go. Will never give up trying to make money for my bills via writing. Take care, Karen. And thanks for always thinking of others. Sincerely, Susan

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  2. Hi Karen -

    I've made several long-distance moves and many shorter ones.

    In the writing department, I'm editing and re-formatting my first book. Several weeks ago, I entered the Genesis contest for the first time. I've got a third manuscript started, and researching a fourth.

    I guess you could say I'm moving forward.

    Blessings,
    Susan :)

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  3. Susan W.,
    I'm in no hurry to make a big move anytime soon either! Your writing is moving forward with your blog. It's such a pleasant stop on the blog roll:)


    Susan R.,
    I'd say you're moving ahead! Congrats on getting your Genesis entry in. Onward and upward, and onto that fourth book, eh?:)

    Blessings to both of you,
    Karen

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  4. Yes, we do need the long, the short, and the in between! That is a great way to phrase it. Those little nuggets of success are nice too. They encourage us and remind us of how we need to keep improving. Movement is always good - if it's just a baby step forward.

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  5. Jan,
    Amen to that! Well said. Thanks for coming over to see me.
    Blessings,
    Karen

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  6. Karen:
    We helped my dad and stepmother move 14 years ago. We helped my sister-in-law move in the 1980's. Hubby had to move her a few times.
    We moved our son in 1990- that one was across the state.
    For us, we moved into our house in 1975. At that time, I was so overwhelmed I wished we'd be here for a long, long time. Well, I guess God heard me. This last fall, we have been here 35 years.

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  7. Cecelia,
    Moving is always an adventure. I prefer the moving ahead in the writing dept.!
    Blessings,
    Karen

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  8. I think that learning something new rather it be something about yourself as a writer, something about your characters or a new writing tip that sheds new light on anything from descriptive writing to creating a "real" villain, moves you forward as a writer. If you stop learning, as in every day life, you come to a standstill. We always have to be moving, and finding a way to make yourself (or your writing) better is one way to do that.

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  9. Lindsey,
    I agree! Let's keep moving forward, shall we?
    Blessings,
    Karen

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