Are you willing to give up what you have, for what you want?

I gotta admit it. I’m scared.

Two years ago I finished my first book. I sent it off to my top 3 agent picks, and got signed up almost right away.

Now I’m back where I started. Revising that same book, with an eye to what the market wants, and how the publishers see they can sell it.

When I open my Scrivener program (that’s where I write my books—it’s awesome!), and read the words I spent years crafting and refining, it seems almost impossible that I can do it all again, only better, in a fraction of the time.

I see these perfect lines of text that make me want to laugh and cry all at the same time, and I’m afraid to touch any of it, for fear I’ll only mess it all up.

But that’s the point.

I get to…mess it all up, that is.

Because I know how I can make it better.

And because I know I have to be willing to give up what I have, for what I want.

Is there something like that in your life? Maybe it’s a relationship, a business, a book or some other passion project.

Something that requires you rolling up your sleeves and throwing it all up in the air, so you can tackle it a fresh way, with all new results.

I bet you’re scared too.

But I believe it’s worth it. Do you?

Cat xo

PS: If you’d love to have someone who will stand in the mess with you as you write your book, someone who can help you make sense of it all, message me. I am that person.

PPS: If you are writing a book, remember to save your last version, so you can go back to it if you want to! Unlike other areas of your life, you can do that, you know!