Motivation lost and gained

I have been missing in action from the web for sometime, and I would like to send a formal apology to everyone and anyone looking for me. I lost my motivation, I was in a sea of trying to figure out what to write, what my next goal is going to be, essentially I wrote a book, and sent it out and got published on my first try, and wow it was amazing but when you set a goal and achieve it where do you go next? I was at a lost, happy and yet confused. So I needed sometime to find motivation to keep writing and to organize and plan my next step. So here I am back in the game! I have a new set of goals for myself this year and the next and I have a grasp on how to approach success and not be afraid. I have been a complete idiot when it comes to promotions and accepting myself as a writer, I have literally been ashamed of my own success, afraid of it, well I'm done with that and it's time to be shameless! Right now I am currently working on three short stories, some things I'm trying to get published before the second book in the Jonah and Zara series is finished. I'm thinking of posting some free reads at my website if anyone reads this and thinks it's a good idea leave me some feed back. So in short when you work hard and success comes, enjoy it, don't feel guilty, you deserve it, and then dig deep and climb higher because your ready for more. I think a quote from Yo GabaGaba sums this up nicely "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's okay you don't have to be afraid, don't be afraid it's okay...." and in conclusion "there's a party in my tummy, so yummy, so yummy" This is R.Tezak checking in and watching too many reruns of children's shows:) Peace

Its too late to blog

So I did not make it here before midnight. That's what happens when you chase kids while trying to write. So finally the children are asleep, hopefully dreaming sweet dreams so they don't wake me at four in the morning :) Contemplating getting business cards printed up, wondering if it will be worth the money, considering how everything involving paper now a days seems obsolete.But its so late and I think this blog will probably make more sense if I go to sleep and try writing it again in the morning. But to answer the question is it possible to write 4,500 words after getting used to writing 80,000 words or more, the answer still eludes me, I am at 2000 words and I wonder if I can complete this short in five more pages. Pulling out my hair and getting back to work. Later

Published, and the morning after

So my book A Taste of Fire has been on the market for at least a week, Hooray book! Is it doing well? I have no idea. Is the fact that I have no idea driving me crazy? The short answer is yes, but if you wanted the short answer then what are you doing reading my blog. I find myself obsessing, and perhaps this happens to every new author, I am constantly stalking goodreads, and my own website, I find myself on twitter, and facebook, when I should be researching my next book. I think I understand what it will be like when my children go off to college, it will be like publishing a book, constantly worrying about what my book is doing, is my book being purchased? Are people reading it? What do people think of my book? Do I want to really know what people think of my book? Are there mistakes? How many books should I give away? Ahhhh! Okay I am officially over it, now I have interviews to do and blog hops to attend and other books to write. But if you are reading this post and you have not brought a copy of A Taste Fire by R.Tezak, then you go straight to Amazon and read the first five chapters then purchase the book. Tomorrow a post on how to write a short story after writing a novel. Is it possible? Once you've gone beyond 80,000 words is it possible to write a story in 4,500? I hope so because I have two to finish and submit before December.