Shifting Gears: A New Writing Rhythm
Why I’m Moving from Weekly to Monthly Posts to Focus on What Matters Most
I am evolving in both my personal and creative life as I continue old projects I had been working on and need to re-ignite. I've decided to shift the rhythm of publishing new articles on my blog from weekly to monthly. This change comes after much reflection on my current writing priorities and how best to use my time and energy. I write to connect with people like friends, family, and especially my children. My writing to the children has been important because of parental separation and our living on different continents.
Furthermore, writing has always been more than just content creation for me; it's been about maintaining creative discipline, providing clarity to help the world where I can, and cultivating thoughtfulness for the benefit of others. The blog has helped sharpen those intellectual muscles, and often, I am learning as much as my readers when forced to research a topic. But now, I want to channel more of that energy into other long-term projects that have been quietly calling for attention: a new book I've been working on with my writing group and another you will hear about in due course. I need to finish, and my writing group demands that I take time regularly to work on the long-term project. I need the time to focus and to still have space to do other things, such as my consultancy, among others.
That said, the blog isn't going away. I will continue to write and publish thought-provoking, practical, and insightful articles, just less frequently. These monthly posts will still be deeply aligned with my vision: to encourage readers to live intentionally, travel meaningfully, and think critically about the world around them and how it impacts them. I appreciate those of you who have followed my work, shared my writing, or simply taken the time to reflect on the ideas I've put forth. Your support makes this shift easier, and I hope you'll stay with me in this next chapter as I dive deeper into long-form writing and storytelling.
What's the Story About?
Much of my long-form (likely a book) story is fiction, but it is based on my experience in the corporate world and in the world of international affairs and politics.
My heroine is a young lady who works for an organization similar to the United Nations, but suddenly faces challenges that could either make or break her will to be part of a brutal world of domination and corruption. She must dig deep into her principles of the world she wishes to see to fight, but it's not clear, even to me now, whether she will overcome all these obstacles. Even as I think about her next moves, I am influenced by what's happening in the real world and how that world will impact her and the people around her.
The book is fiction because I want the power to fully explore all avenues and paths of what could happen to her. I want to explore viewpoints of the world, and not be hindered by what is required in non-fiction. I have never written long-form fiction before, only non-fiction, so this will be an interesting challenge.
I hope the book touches on various aspects of people's lives, and beyond, since it has the freedom of fiction. There are life events and stories that will influence the slant of the story, and have done so already in parts that I have finished. Where it will end, I have some ideas, but I am not entirely sure. In a sense, the characters' journey is also mine, and I am experiencing it for the first time as well. I hope it makes a good read in the end.
Meanwhile, see you on the next blog, and thanks for staying with me.
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