Finality and More Effort

At my church, we divide the members by younger than eighteen, eighteen and over but unmarried, and married couples. I am part of the eighteen and over but unmarried group, and I attended my last monthly meeting for this group as I am getting married next month. Also, I regularly host UFC pay-per-views at my home, and UFC 282 was the last one that I would be hosting while still living a bachelor lifestyle, as my wife will be moving in with me at the end of January. It is demonstrative of the changes that will be happening in my life. Things are fun as they are now, but it is something that I am doing regularly, so my overall satisfaction has a ceiling.

I still have not reached a goal of mine to get a literary agent, which is disappointing but also, not unexpected either. I have had to re-edit and revise much of my works along with my query letters. I still think that I am presenting myself to literary agents in a way that does not stand out, so that will be something that I need to fix moving forward. I also am starting to reconsider my stance on self-publishing. I failed at it the first time, but admittedly did not put the most effort that I could into it. Self-publishing may be the way to go in this current publishing climate and environment, as literary agents are looking for particular attributes in the characters of stories.

My desire to become an author really has not changed, and it is now just a habit to write every day. I actually have more ideas and stories in the docket that I want to get out there. Despite everything going on, I still have the motivation to write these stories.