signs and wonders

If ever I've felt like writing this book was the right thing to do, it's now. I just got a letter from someone I've been on pins and needles about talking to about this book. The story is reflective of some parts of her life and I needed her to know, it isn't her life, but if she didn't want me to write it (put the book "out there") then I wouldn't. I wasn't going to cause her that kind of pain. She's been through enough. Well, she's not only given me the green light, but encouraged me.

I have had a sense all along that this story is so much bigger than myself. Like it's someone else's story that I HAVE to write. Like God is nudging me, saying- I need you, Lynn, to do this. I'll help, just keep writing. And for every bump and hurdle, I offer it back and say- this is yours God, if you want it shared I'll share it, help me to share it your way.

It's not that I'm not willing to work for it- to push and pull as is needed for any book- but on the relationship end, making sure I'm getting my facts straight, making sure I'm not hurting anyone in the process- I feel like those things are my confirmations that yes, this is right.

Ask me if I feel that way after my 100th rejection letter.

The book HAS to be finished up in about a month or so. (is the conference really that close? eeeek!) so I may have to let my contests slide (there are a few I've looked at that would be fun to enter)... and I may have to stop (or hurry & finish) working on redecorating the bedroom for my girls...because this is it, crunch time, procrastinator's deadline is here. Time to set the keys a clackin'.

That's the news from this neck of the woods, er, um, corn field.

I'll keep you posted, but if I don't for a while, it's because I'm feverishly trying to finish the book!