This newest post-to-blog could've been titled, was almost titled, Just
Three Pages or Why I Love "Jem And The Holograms." For those of you who don't remember or never knew (or have no idea who
I meant in my "About The Author" section when I list Jem as one of my heroes), Jem was the heroine of my favorite - really,
only - childhood cartoon. She was the businesswoman-turned-rockstar who saves her father's business, a woman I thought was
the kitten's meow even though I didn't like cats and wasn't yet into boys at the tender age of eleven when I first became
a devotee of her show.
Sitting here tonight, watching Season Three of Jem and her loyal bandmates
and rocker girls cum coworkers in their latest adventures, I only have one thought . . . I love my life. And
there is an absurdly simple reason why. No matter what trials and tribulations I face - and don't let the blonde hair, good
stationery or nice shoes fool you for one second, there have been many - I absolutely believe in myself. Maybe it's because
my father, while not a music company scion who left me a business to take over that directly related to my passion (even if,
in Jem's case, it wasn't all a walk in the park to happily-ever-financial-after), always told me I could do anything I wanted
to do. Or maybe it's because I'm good at my day job and - bonus! - I've figured out what I want to do next, above and beyond
and forever. I think those last two have a lot to do with how I am feeling right now.
I also know one more thing. I got a really stupendous gift, among other
really great ones, for this last birthday. A book, How To Write & Sell Your First Novel. And among the nearly innumerable
points of wisdom editor Oscar Collier doles out, that I devoured in practically one sitting, is this: just three pages.
That's it - every day, write three pages. If you really want to write a novel, you need to sit down every day and write
three pages. Anyone who wants to accomplish a goal can commit themselves to the steps it takes, can break it down into the
pieces, the components, to make it happen. That's what I have done in my sales career all these years. It's what I've been
doing in a sense already with the work I've put to paper on my budding masterpiece, but Mr. Collier gave me greater focus,
greater specifics, greater how-to's of making it happen.
The theme song of the episode of "Jem" that I'm watching now is "Believe
in Yourself." All I can say to that is, I love my life. Now, I'm off to write today's three pages.
