Daily Challenges of My Writer's Life by Anna Del Mar, author of The Asset
Inside the Book:
Title: The Asset
Author: Anna Del Mar
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Publisher: Carina Press
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Format: Ebook
Ash Hunter knows what it is to run. A SEAL gravely injured in Afghanistan, he's gone AWOL from the military hospital. Physically and mentally scarred, he returns home to his grandmother's isolated cottage—and finds a beautiful, haunted stranger inside.
Like recognizes like.
Lia Stewart's in hiding from the cartel she barely escaped alive, holed up in this small Rocky Mountain town. Surviving, but only just. Helping the wounded warrior on her doorstep is the right thing to do…it's loving him that might get them both killed.
Soon, Ash realizes he's not the only one tormented by the past. Pushing the limits of his broken body, testing the boundaries of her shattered soul, he'll protect Lia until his last breath.
Daily Challenges of My Writer’s life
By
Anna del Mar
In my alternative reality I’m trim, fit and athletic,
with lovely curls that tumble down my back and a knack to handle tall, super
sexy heels in all kinds of terrain. In that oh-so-pleasant reality, I’ve got
Nora Robert’s prolific drive, Beyoncé’s cool dance moves and Angelina Jolie’s
charitable soul, that is, in addition to her PR acumen. Oh, yeah. I run
marathons too. Yep, that’s me all right, in my alternative reality.
In real life, things might be a tad different.
I’m not trim. Or fit. Or athletic. I barely have time in the morning to brush
my hair, let alone put on heels. Instead, I’m a debut romance author, a
sleep-deprived, writing addict who is developing two new novels, editing two
manuscripts and joggling four releases this year, including The Asset, the first
novel of my Wounded Warrior series, the
story of a woman desperate to escape her dangerous past and the Navy SEAL who
would lay down his life to save her.
You won’t hear me complain. You see, I love
writing. Yes, it’s hard work and yes, it requires lots of time, perseverance
and dedication. My life is far from glamorous, and yet I feel like the luckiest
girl on the planet. This year, I get to launch two separate series with Carina
Press, including the Wounded Warrior series, a collection of fun, hot, smart romances about strong heroines
struggling to find their place in the world and the brave, sexy, kickass
military heroes who challenge their limits to protect the women they love.
And yet despite my
love affair with writing and the joy of doing what I love, I find myself
struggling some days, caught in a crazy whirlwind of activity, hardly able to
catch my breath and wondering: Where did all the hours of the day go?
As a writer, one of
the main daily challenges that I face is maintaining the balance between work
and home life. The boundaries blur when you live where you work, when there
isn’t a commute or a physical disconnect between the workplace and the living
space. Sure, the absence of a commute is a huge occupational advantage, but it
doesn’t help keep a healthy separation between work and home life when your
commute is thirty seconds flat.
Time management is
another daily challenge in a writer’s life. Deadlines are a standard part of my
week. The business part of writing takes a huge chunk out of the day. Book
launches require an inordinate amount of work and generate a whole slew of
promos that are necessary to get the word out, but also have the potential to
obliterate my writing time.
The same can be
said for heeding the job’s demands but ignoring the body’s needs. Writing is a
sedentary occupation. We all know what happens when the body doesn’t move. When
time is of the essence, it’s easy to dismiss things like exercise, good
nutrition and rest. It’s also easy to trick ourselves into the illusion that
we’ll take care of all of that later.
Ultimately, we
writers can’t ignore reality for the sake of fiction. Awareness is vital. We
have to catch ourselves when we lose our work and home balance, when we
mismanage our time and when we neglect ourselves and our bodies. Let’s face it:
A healthy writer is a productive writer. My alternative reality, where I’m a
fusion of Nora, Beyoncé and Angeline, might be a tad unrealistic and, by the
way, running marathons is out, but with a little effort and lots of awareness,
I can keep doing what I love best: Writing.
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