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Lucky Bay

by Louise Allan | Jan 23, 2015 | 0 comments

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2022 was about the little moments: I wrote more w

2022 was about the little moments:

I wrote more words than I’ve ever written in a single year. I rewrote my second novel in a completely new genre and penned a draft of a new novel.
I walked our ageing dogs, although the walks are shorter and slower these days.
I spent fun times with my family.
I swam lots and even competed in races.
I enjoyed the company of good friends.
I went back to Tassie for a school reunion and laughed until my cheeks hurt with girls I hadn’t seen in decades but with whom I’d shared my formative years.
I saw Hamilton and bawled all the way through the second half.
I watched my kids step into their futures doing what they love.

But they're only the good parts of 2022, and 2022 was also very hard. It was a year of rejection and losing my confidence and feeling like a failure as a writer. A year when I had regrets about my life choices and gazed longingly at my medical degree and wondered why TF I ever gave it up.

It’s been a year of picking myself up after rejection and hauling my ass back to my writing chair and getting back to work again. A year when thoughts of quitting entered my head almost daily, but also the year I decided I couldn’t give up writing because I love creating, even if all my words are buried unpublished with me.

It’s been the year in which I refused to give up. The year in which I kept clinging to the hope that if I don’t give up, if I keep working and trying, I can make my book better, make it publishable.

Because that's what it comes down to: hope and never giving up.

It’s been nice to review the photos and videos from the year and remind myself that there were good moments and that I have a lot to be grateful for.

So here's to 2023 – to holding onto hope and never giving up. 💝

(By the way, the song Enough to Be Lonely, is by my son, @timclaxton.music)

#writinglife #disappointment #lifelessons #authorlife #2022recap #HappyNewYear2023 #happynewyear

Don’t know who was more excited about the dog bo

Don’t know who was more excited about the dog bonbons yesterday — the dogs or the humans. No shortage of hands to help pop the bonbons and tie the bandanas, and Gretel was thrilled with her bone.

#doggychristmas #doggybonbons #perth #westernaustralia #christmasinaustralia

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