Well, this month has been pretty intense. New baby, health issues, writing, taxes, and progress in an unexpected direction. But when the opportunity knocks, you just know I’m still chasing my dreams. Because what’s the point of a dream you don’t chase?
A Rough Month
This month didn’t start off well. We’re still recovering from our newest baby, and somehow, I managed to get progressively more and more congested/sick for at least a month before going to see a doctor. NOTE: If you’re having issues breathing to the point where it’s difficult to sleep, you need help. Go get it. This is a special notice to me 1 month ago, and anyone else it might happen to benefit.
I did start writing more around being sick and helping my wife with the kids, so that’s good! I’m still writing, still chasing my dreams. Managed to do some rewrites after I realized that my “Totally Perfect Scene” (patent pending) had multiple structural issues that would affect both the viewpoint I wanted to express as well as the scene’s ability to do its job for the Story Genius method. Oops… Still waiting to see how feedback for my rewrite goes, so I’ll share more next month after I discuss the scene with my writing group.
When the Opportunity Knocks
When the opportunity knocks, well, who knows when that’ll happen? Sometimes it feels like it never will, and you just have to break down some walls to make some opportunities of your own. Sometimes you just have to create those opportunities out of thin air, like an inventor or magician. And yet, there are opportunities out there. That’s why you need to recognize opportunities, because sometimes they’re right in front of you.
We did have unexpected progress with my wife’s 3D printing business, so that’s one opportunity we’ll keep chasing down. Is it some golden opportunity that will solve all our problems? That would be cool, but highly unlikely. Will it be a miserable failure? Who knows? I suspect it’ll end up somewhere in the middle, like most opportunities do, and that’s okay. Because if I’m still chasing my dreams when the opportunity knocks, I’ll have the momentum to get through that door before it closes. And as Brandon Sanderson likes to point out, life is all about momentum. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Carpe diem.
Still Chasing My Dreams
There’s still a lot of work to be done. There are books to write, rewrite, agonize over, and then polish and package until they’re as sparkly as I can make them. There are races to be run, opportunities to be pursued. And dreams. There are plenty of dreams. Dreams worth having, worth imagining, worth chasing until my eyeballs bleed, my fingers break, and my mind turns to mush.
And I’m doing the work. I’m still writing and rewriting scenes, still posting on Patreon, still writing my newsletter, still pursuing all those fabulous goals I set for 2026… even if I’m somehow already a month behind schedule. Alas, my sweet, adorable baby!
Because what is life without dreams?
Sad. Hopeless. Depressing.
When the opportunity knocks, I want to be ready. That’s why I’m still writing, still chasing my dreams.
