I read each and every one of your newsletter posts and always look forward to them but I think this is the first time I’ve commented. You really took me down memory lane and I just had to share. I have two grown sons and when they were little, and out of desperation (after all the books were read), like you, I started telling off the cuff bedtime stories about a little boy named Bradnick (combining my sons’ names, Brad and Nick). This evolved into a longstanding bedtime ritual and the stories became more and more inane and fantastical as I ran out of ideas, but of course, like your daughter, they didn’t care. Fast forward to the present. I now have two grandchildren with whom I shared Bradnick stories whenever they came for sleepovers. They loved that the MC was a combination of their dad (Brad) and their Uncle Nick. They have long since outgrown these stories but they do occasionally reminisce about them. I’d like to think that one day they will tell Bradnick stories to their own children!
One of my "conscious efforts" is to tell people when they impact me and to say thanks, so here to do that —
I was one of your Q&As a monthish ago RE hiring a writing coach to help me write my book. You told me what I already knew and didn't really want to hear (again) — you can throw all the things at the problem but in the end it comes down to you making it a priority. Your hard love came at the right time I guess and instead of brushing it off and trying to find an answer I liked better, I acknowledged you were right and decided to just try. Not to "write a book" but to just write every day. No time length, no word count, just every morning before anything else. And I got to reward myself with a daily Doodle Square in my fresh new planner if I was successful. Happy to report back that I have 41 doodle squares https://www.instagram.com/p/CKy2dd_ljf1/ and am still going. I'm invigorated, churning out good stuff, having struggle days but getting through them, and best of all, continuing to show up for myself.
Also, I keep a vocab list of words I don't know/want to incorporate into my life/writing and your "abuts" in this post made the list. So thanks for that as well.
Appreciate all the resources you put into your posts. You're one of the few newsletters I allow into my inbox and always open.
I read each and every one of your newsletter posts and always look forward to them but I think this is the first time I’ve commented. You really took me down memory lane and I just had to share. I have two grown sons and when they were little, and out of desperation (after all the books were read), like you, I started telling off the cuff bedtime stories about a little boy named Bradnick (combining my sons’ names, Brad and Nick). This evolved into a longstanding bedtime ritual and the stories became more and more inane and fantastical as I ran out of ideas, but of course, like your daughter, they didn’t care. Fast forward to the present. I now have two grandchildren with whom I shared Bradnick stories whenever they came for sleepovers. They loved that the MC was a combination of their dad (Brad) and their Uncle Nick. They have long since outgrown these stories but they do occasionally reminisce about them. I’d like to think that one day they will tell Bradnick stories to their own children!
LOL! Ha I love it. This should be a bedtime story.
Ha. Sound advice and extra charming as well.
Kate,
One of my "conscious efforts" is to tell people when they impact me and to say thanks, so here to do that —
I was one of your Q&As a monthish ago RE hiring a writing coach to help me write my book. You told me what I already knew and didn't really want to hear (again) — you can throw all the things at the problem but in the end it comes down to you making it a priority. Your hard love came at the right time I guess and instead of brushing it off and trying to find an answer I liked better, I acknowledged you were right and decided to just try. Not to "write a book" but to just write every day. No time length, no word count, just every morning before anything else. And I got to reward myself with a daily Doodle Square in my fresh new planner if I was successful. Happy to report back that I have 41 doodle squares https://www.instagram.com/p/CKy2dd_ljf1/ and am still going. I'm invigorated, churning out good stuff, having struggle days but getting through them, and best of all, continuing to show up for myself.
Also, I keep a vocab list of words I don't know/want to incorporate into my life/writing and your "abuts" in this post made the list. So thanks for that as well.
Appreciate all the resources you put into your posts. You're one of the few newsletters I allow into my inbox and always open.