I just made my first sale through Etsy! I am so excited! Now the nervousness has passed, I believe now that this is doable. My goals for the weekend are to finish and post at least 2 more pieces to the store, and to reach 14 thousand words by the end of Sunday with NaNoWriMo.
What is NaNoWriMo you ask? It is National Novel Writing Month – in the month of November (30 days) we pledge to write a 50,000 novel. It isn’t about quality, lord knows mine is not quality, it’s about completing that ever important first draft. So many people talk about wanting to do something, be something, but from fear or a belief that it is too big, they never even start. This is to get past the starting block. This novel may never see a final draft, may never go to print. But I will have written one, instead of talking about how I would like to do that someday, it will be done. Thankfully, I’m not doing it alone. This is a National event, after all. There are over 200 participants in my city alone.
So to all the other future writers out there, or future jewelry designers, or future musicians, don’t just talk about it, DO IT.
“But if you want to see the Northern Lights
You gotta lift up your head and
If you wanna have some kind of life
Decide you're not better off dead and
If you want to read the mystic story written in your future
You better start to write it now...”
~Gaia Consort, Secret of the Crossroads Devil
