How many people here love that feeling...

[AngelAzariah]

Ever come to a point when you dont write for a year or so? I dont mean writers block, I mean you simply dont have the time. I did after my wife got pregnent and we had a kid. Things are clearing up now and im finaly writing again and editing. Still it was funny how I needed to figure out reasons why I was going to keep writing. Before I did it because my wife loved my stories. Then it seemed that writing was more head ake then it was worth.

Deep down I love to creat things and writing is one good outlit for me but still I needed some good reason. I started to dig around the net, ended up here, started to talk to authors people knew of and on and on it went. After all that I ended up going back to one thing 'did my wife want me to keep writing?'

Well she said she thought I should keep writing only if I wanted to. I replied I wanted to because people love to read my work and it makes me feel good. She then told me to get to it then. So im just jumping for joy because im working again and people like my work.

How many people here love that feeling inside when someone reads your work and cant get away from the qustion 'what happens next?' I dont care how much cash i make off my writing because that feeling is so great for me!

~Angel~

[Jewel]

I love the feeling, too, of having someone say, "I laughed and I cried, and I couldn't stop until I got to the end. Now, will you write a sequel?" But I think my greatest reward has been to see God bring either a greater spiritual freedom into somone's life, through the medium of something that I wrote, or at least bring someone to a new concept of Himself. That is an awesome responsibility. There are so many people who have never thought about trusting Christ as their Savior, much less trusting Him as their Lord. Maybe something that we write will be the only invitation some people will ever receive into God's Kingdom, so we must not slack off simply because other things beckon a bit more brightly. However, family must always come first. Family must come before job, hobbies, even church. (Notice I didn't say God, I said church.) I think it commendable that you laid your writing aside when your baby was born. Your writing will someday be dusty remains in the attic (even if you're another William Faulkner) but your child will be forever. How you treat your wife and your family will make an eternal impact upon the destiny of their souls and so long as you are alive, you are the person most responsible for them. So keep writing, but don't lose your focus. Write for the sake of the Gospel, pray for the souls of your family, and live so that your wife and child can look up to you as the spiritual leader of your home.

God's blessings.

[Mr. Otis]

Jewel, you hit a home run with that response.

I sometimes get frustrated that I don't have enough time to write, but then I remember my priorities. God has blessed me more than any man deserves, time to write or not.

[cawheat]

Angel:

Yes, it happens. Unless you're a full-time freelancer or writer, all that hectic "Real Life" stuff tends to get in the way.

I am just now coming off of a period of spiritual lows in my life. I love writing, but I didn't love ANYTHING during that period. It's feels wonderful to "be back" again!

Your family is the MOST important thing that God gives you on this earth. And, like most writer-parents, I'm sure your new addition will give you lots of creative moments!

If you write because you love to, then the rest of "it" (being published, being well-received by readers, etc.) will naturally fall into place.

I'm excited for you!

:)

[whitehawke]

He he he,
I saw a guest reading this thread and it sparked my interest. Love the topic, Angel. !thumbsup!

When I first became a Christian, I suddenly stopped writing. It compleatly left me. For ten years, I couldn't write. Then, one night I was given a dream that captured me. wow.

I drew a picture to remind me of the dream and it's meaning.
Then I did some more drawings and wrote a rough outline of the dream. Thought about turning it into a picture book. The Lord gave me meanings for things in the dream and I wrote them down also. I showed the outline to a friend and she said she felt it was meant to be bigger than a short story. I thought... nah, it was fine as it was.

Little did I know.....

Anyway, I began to wonder if the Lord would let me write a novel about the dream. I was scared that because of my past, God might not want me to do such a thing. lol He proved me wrong. With His love touching the wounded places of my heart, I began to write.

It was so wonderful and freeing to be writing again. I recieced much healing in the proccess. Praise God. He turned my life around. :D
Rulan

[AngelAzariah]

_____I don't know wether to hug you or strangle you for digging this up. At first strangle seemed the best idea, but than I re-read some of this, it's still a good subject. *Hugs*
_____Ah, now on with my little life.

[whitehawke]

Angel,
Gulp.... Um, for a moment there you had me a little worried. :eek: I was just about to put on my running shoes and hightail it outa here (which would have been a bit hard as Hawkes don't have the right feet for running shoes)
I was just about to take flight, and I saw your hug.
Big sigh.... unruffle feathers... perch back on crowsnest. :D

[AngelAzariah]

_____It's all love. Fiinlah.