{"id":7046198,"date":"2026-08-24T15:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/novel-pending-wit-and-spit-up\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:16:32","slug":"novel-pending-wit-and-spit-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7046198","title":{"rendered":"Novel Pending \u2014 wit and spit up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Last weekend thanks to my loving, supportive husband, I escaped to Half Moon Bay for a solo weekend of soul searching and life-altering decisions. I have decided that all roads have led me to write a novel. Women\u2019s contemporary fiction to be more specific. If you\u2019ve followed me, then you know, when I say I\u2019m going to do something, I do it. I always put it out into the universe, so I\u2019m held accountable and most importantly, because joy should be shared. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I have the story, the setting (Half Moon Bay), the ending, the characters, the plot twists, the bones, and 20k words I\u2019m proud of. I have so much more to write (at least 70k+) and it will take time. I will be calling on my family and friends to edit, seeking peer groups for critiques, enrolling in workshops, and then finally securing a literary agent for publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I have found the thing that sets my soul on fire. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">It won\u2019t be easy to juggle this and all that it takes to be the mother of 3 young children\u2014 but I owe it to myself and my girls to pursue a dream that lights me up inside. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">My social media will be quieter and my Wit and Spit Up posts on pause (except for more published piece\u2014 here are my latest on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scarymommy.com\/dax-shepards-relapse-saving-my-sobriety\/\">Scary Mommy<\/a>,  <a href=\"https:\/\/filterfreeparents.com\/the-message-we-dont-need-pandemic-parenting-is-only-manageable-under-the-influence\/\">Filter Free Parents<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bluntmoms.com\/dont-call-her-princess\/\">BLUNTmoms<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">This cannot continue to be the year of unrelenting tragedy, one after another. 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