Some people might be thinking to themselves, “A year to write a book?”  True, that’s a long time, but there are a lot of factors that contribute to me thinking a year is a realistic goal.  For one, it’s not a full time gig by any means.  Job, family, life, they all come first, so this venture is fighting for time.  I also just didn’t want to churn out a book without taking the necessary time to plan things out effectively. 

I’m a realist, and know that chances are, while I may actually write a book, and maybe self-publish one, the chances are extremely slim that it will ever go beyond a few copies being sold to family and friends.  And that’s okay.  But that doesn’t mean I’m not going into this with every intention of it being more.  There are varying degrees of success for me in this, but I’m definitely going to do everything I can to make it everything it can be.

So the reality is, I may not even put a word on paper for the first few months as I gauge the best tools, resources and tactics to use to write this book.  I’ll continue to share my experiences here.  One of the biggest tasks I see is establishing some sort of writing routine.  Everything I’ve read regarding people that have had any level of success with writing, is that they had a set routine for their writing.  For everyone it’s different, but in some way, these authors had a set period of time, regularly dedicated to just writing and nothing else.

I’m going to have to find out how to make this work for me, but there’s no doubt I’ll need to do so to have any chance at pulling this off.  Chances are I’m going to have to carve out time very early in the morning or late at night as to not sacrifice too much time from family.  It’s not going to be easy, but who ever said writing a book was?