The Waiting Room

The hardest thing about being a writer (so far) is...the waiting room.

Definition-Waiting room: a building, or more commonly a part of a building where people sit or stand until the event they are waiting for occurs.

My waiting room exists in my mind. It is this way for many writers, agents, and publishers. I assume. 

The good thing about the waiting is that I've discovered two things about myself: 1. I detest waiting and 2. I've found a way to deal with my personal waiting room. 

(I've typed the word "waiting" several times now...how many times can I type it...Let's test that theory right now) 

waitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaitingwaiting... Okay, I'm done. 

I've decided to spend my time creating new ideas, imagining new characters, and designing new places to write about!  

I have so many ideas for stories that the "waiting room" has become this sort of cool space to reside in. It gives me peace of mind.  It reminds me that I am more than just one story, and that there are more than enough voices in my head for several books. (That did not sound creepy at all...)

I am not saying that the waiting room isn't like kicking rocks with open-toed shoes, because it is. I am saying that now... 

I pick up the rocks after they have bruised the hell out of my ten toes and put them on display. 

J