Down the Rabbit Hole

Embracing the Hard

If something feels hard, really hard to do, then the odds are it is something that should be attempted. This stage of my life, that loosely framed "almost turning 40" period, it feels nearly impossible to write that novel embedded in my soul. It feels like there are not enough hours in the day and that the demands on my personal time are at an all time high. It feels tremendously hard, which is why I think its entirely the right time for me. I have a character who is delicate and flawed but fierce and full of righteous rage. She walks a path forged as much by the sins committed against her as those she has committed herself. I feel as if I have been writing her story in some form for many years. There are echos of me in almost all of her failures and victories and her demons and desires are entwined with my own. It feels like the right time to introduce my dark sister to the world, to finally and completely tell her story.