Absence makes the heart grow fonder ...

Hi everyone! I've been keeping up with blog reading and comment leaving - but it's been ages since I've written anything on my own page.

At the start of the month, I started participating in the NaNoWriMo challenge. I've since taken a bit of a detour and haven't actually been back to 'my book' in three days. One of those, "A funny thing happened on the way to my writing career" stories.

The heroine of my story and I seem to have quite a bit in common. And all in all, she's been pretty good company - at times insightful, at times confused, and at times funny and/or witty. We made it all the way to 7,000+ words together - and then, she abandoned ship; decided that this was not the way she desired to be introduced to the world. And just like that - progress ground to a halt.

That's the good news. Here's the great news ... she's leading me in an entirely new direction - not in the book, but in real life. She's triggered synchronicities (meaningful coincidences) that all support her belief that I need to hurl myself from this comfortable life I've created to this point and venture out into the world with my Self -- the one who holds my unique gifts and offerings, the one who has been sitting quietly behind a closed door for more than 40 years, the one who insists that as good and giving as I try to be ~ there's still much more to be done; much, much more to be done.

This week, I've listened to podcasts on allowing your creativity to express on its own, uninhibited by fear, doubt, limited thinking and insecurity. I've purchased a domain name and am struggling with the learning curve creating a website presents. I've attended a webcast on creating video blogs. And I've bookmarked blogtalkradio.com because I feel a need to know how to use this media too.

In short, I'm gearing up to put myself out there as Sally G. - Spirit Sleuth ... and I'm as excited as I am scared.

My book's heroine is not lost, nor do I have any plans to kill her off. Her story will be told - perhaps by November 30th, perhaps sometime after that. And I'm not sure if she'll show up in the realm of fiction or in some other format. She'll emerge when it's time, and while it's not my style (up until now) to relax into not knowing - I'm learning that it appears to be the only way to freak out my mind to the point of paralysis ... and while it's in that state, it's not getting in the way with details that would send me back to the world of 'no way, I can't do this'.

Truth be told, if I try and fail - what have I really lost? Time. That's all, just time. And while that is a finite commodity - it's one I'm willing to invest right now, because the investment may lead to meaning, significance and fulfillment beyond imagining.

So, that's where I've been this last week or so. How are all of you doing?