I've heard once that being a creative is actively trying to be comfortable with frustration.
Sometimes I get frustrated that In Memories of Fire and Blood is taking as long as it is. Today, I looked at my current word count and it's 30,000 words longer than In Dreams of Blood and Water was at the end. I'm also now working 40 hours a week where I wasn't before and I still reached half of the output I was when I was unemployed. I also have been struggling to adjust to my new job, falling asleep as soon as I get home most nights. So, maybe I'm not writing 40-50k a month anymore but I wrote 20k in May and I'm still trying to write everyday. I still wake up at 5:30 in the morning on workdays because I still think it's worth it to get an hour of writing in before heading in to the office. There isn't a day I want to give up and that's the most exciting thing about this.
I love where the story has gone. I love that things that felt unfinished are getting more attention.
I guess all of this is to say: keep going. Keep going when it feels like everything you're doing is terrible. Keep going when it feels like things are amazing. Keep going despite everything.
In Memories of Fire and Blood is now 126k.
I make jokes that by the time everything is said and done... I'll be looking at closer to 150k but honestly that sounds neat.
This has been the longest and most important 24 hour project of my life.










