Off to write ...

I try to remember that because I am an editor by trade. I run on deadlines. Everything has a deadline in my house. Kids getting on the school bus, me leaving for the office, etc.

And I write books on the side with deadlines in mind. I have to have a goal. Goals, to me, are like breathing.

That doesn't mean I reach them all, but I have to have something to shoot for. That is why I am already looking at planners for 2014. I have to write my goals and timelines down just so I can check them off. Everyone has their weirdnesses, and writing and scratching things off in a planner is mine.

So with the book I am currently working on, I am behind where I want to be. But I have some excellent reasons for that. And I like to think that I run my personal deadlines and goals -- they don't run me. Every good goal needs adjusting.

So with that in mind, I may write a little today, but I don't consider myself behind. I am good right where I am. Now, off to write.