Hello dear friends,
This isn’t a typical blog post but rather, an announcement of sorts. I’ve decided to take a six-month hiatus from blogging to pursue the possibility of what I am calling a “longer-form writing project.” I know, could I be more vague? It’s not intentional, I promise.
The thing is, I’ve been feeling an increasing pull over the last couple of months to go deeper with my writing. I’m not yet sure what this will look like, but I do know that because of my work schedule at The Salvation Army, my bandwidth for creativity is much more limited. I realized that I can’t keep up the weekly blog and the monthly The Back Patio (my newsletter) and still have the time and space to pursue a longer-form project. So I figured, why not take a break from blogging/newsletter writing, and use that time to dig into whatever it is that seems to be tugging at my soul.
Will it be a book? Your guess is as good as mine!
What I do know is that I am going to try to write where my heart and the Spirit lead, and if they lead to a book, then we’ll figure out what to do with that when the time comes.
I don’t know if I will write about this new vague writing project over on Instagram, but regardless, I would be delighted if you would like to stay connected over there. I don’t spend much time on social media anymore, but I do still enjoy posting on IG a couple of times a week — mostly nature photos, quotes and random thoughts — so if that strikes your fancy, let’s stay in touch there.
Before I sign off, I want to express my deepest gratitude to you for continuing to walk alongside me this past year. Your comments and emails have given me much joy and peace, and it has been a great consolation to know that I have not walked alone through this wilderness. Thank you for your friendship.
Peace always,
Michelle
Michelle, I will miss your blog. It seems that they are going by the wayside of late, at least for excellent authors like you. I say this all as a compliment. And this I know: You gotta go in the direction where God leads. It’s really quite as simple as that (although we all know that sometimes what He asks us to do is not simple). 🙂 I’ve always felt (intuitively) that you would write another book. I know that that will take lots of prayer for you, because your reasons for leaving publishing had you at ground zero in terms of weighing your values and your personality. I hope you will stay in touch personally as you are able, and feel free to shoot prayer requests my way. I don’t do much on social media, and may even pull back on that a bit myself for now because of things going on in our family. But just know I’m here, love you personally, and love your writing. Can’t wait to read about this deep season.
Love
Lynn
PS Work on your poetry! 🙂
I love you, Lynn, and I can’t thank you enough for your encouragement all these years.
My privilege and pleasure. And I surely love you too!
Michelle
I wish you the best of luck in your new writing endeavor. I will be interested to see what comes of it.
Have a wonderful Day
Ted
Ted! I miss seeing you on the path! I had to give up running because of a chronic heel injury, but I still walk from time to time, so I am hoping to catch up with you one of these days. SO good to hear from you here.
Hello Michelle…..wishing you the best of everything as you journey on in your quest to explore and share your faith within the written word. I am not on Facebook or Instagram so will keep abreast of your literary travels via email or chats with your folks. I have so enjoyed your blog and perhaps you will still pop in and say hello. In the meantime, Love and Hugs to you…..Marilyn
You are a brave to pursue the call of the Lord and of your writing endeavors. I’ve enjoyed your blog so much and know your writing touches many people. May the Lord guide you to find His purpose in this time of waiting and exploring other areas of interest.
How I will miss your blog, Michelle, but at the same time, I’m excited for you as you are feeling the urge to explore another direction for your writing. Thinking God’s hand is all over this!
Blessings, my friend!
Michelle,
I will miss your blog! Yours is one of a few that I ALWAYS enjoy reading. May God guide you and richly bless you in this new writing endeavor. I will be waiting to read whatever you write!
Blessings, Jeanne
Thank you for your many blogs that have shared your journeys, thoughts, struggles and made the path ahead for each of your readers easier. I will continue to treasure what you share on Instagram. All of our various endeavors evolve over time. A quote on Neil Pasricha’s Instagram applies: What we often think of as evolution “destroying and replacing” the past is actually “transcending and including”. The past gets soaked up to create the future.
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