Don't Quit Writing When Things Get Tough

You are going to have bad days. I can promise you that! Everyone is going to have those days.

You will have days when you have every intention of writing that next chapter of getting a ton of pages written and yet, when you sit down at the computer, all you get is a blank screen staring back at you and taunting you, daring you to even come up with anything worthwhile to write. 

You will have days when you open your email and all of those queries you sent out that you knew would be favorable came back as "So sorry but NO!" 

You will have days when every life problem jumps in your face at the exact same time when you have all of the great ideas about your story and you can't even get near a piece of paper to write the ideas down.

So, do you quit? 

NO!

Just know good and well that tomorrow things will likely get better. Don't fight life. It will get in the way every now and then. I know it is frustrating right in the moment and there will be the temptation to scream and give up, but it is not worth it. Take a deep breath and relax. You will find time to jot those ideas down. You may find some time to get to that computer to at least get something written. It might not be much, but it may be something.