So I shared a short story that I am working on with a good friend today. She is an excellent writer and a great editor and she likes that same kind of stuff that I do, so I passed it along. This is not the first time I have let someone read something that I have written but it is the first time I asked for advice, editing help and the first time I am looking at publishing a work. I have always written, but I rarely share. Up to now that has been ok. I feel like this is a step into the wider world and demonstrating that I am making a commitment to the “writing thing”. I am still working on editing the major Work in Progress but I think it is starting to make sense, the feel of it, either the work is finding its groove or I am making it fit a groove, but overall it should be shareable next.

One thing I have learned in the past 18 months is that the writing business IS A Business. And while I knew that fact in some ways, there is a lot I am learning now that makes so much sense and I think will make a difference in the long run. There are numbers and data to read up on every week or day or month, and a lot of people out there doing what I want to do. I have always written – see above- but writing with the goal of publishing seems to be a factor of 10 exponentially larger than writing alone.

So, here I go!