Mid-Summer Lull: Encouragement for the Season

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Like the weather patterns, seasonal shifts are part of the writing life.

Some seasons are warm and colored with joy. Other seasons are rainy and unsettled.

Here are some thoughts I’ve shared about seasons:

Don’t Compare Your Productive Season to Someone Else’s

When Seasons Affect Our Writing Goals

How to Thrive Despite the Odds

Waiting, Writing, and Why You Must Not Quit

During this time of rapid change and upheaval, I think it’s important we seek encouragement and affirmation from sunlit sources—sources that bolster our courage and increase our faith. Sources like God’s word, our families, friends, critique partners, and fellow writers.

Things in the publishing world rarely remain the same. Trends come, trends go. Markets shrink, houses downsize, and mindsets surprise.

And then…

There are those unexpected triumphs that make us believe again. Those God-crafted moments that fill us with hope.

As I said in last Friday’s post, we can’t outguess God. I love that.

Smart writers continue to work.

We move forward, pursue new opportunities, and look beyond the now.