When your day one… Is not really Day One
Six weeks ago I broke my ankle.
It’s not the kind of thing that you get a lot of sympathy for when you are a very average, but very committed ultra runner. As my Bio says on Insta: I’m trying to get fit at 56, I keep taking on audacious goals and then get injured. And I get injured a lot.
This time it is more serious. 6 weeks of off loading followed by 6 weeks of light exercise. Then maybe in the summer I will be allowed to run again.
Or I might need surgery. Time will tell.
As someone who runs probably 7-8 hours a week, on top of a full time job, I suddenly found I had a lot of time on my hands. What to do…
I sulked for a week. I probably ate more than I should have. I read ALL of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. ( I read fast)
As a person - I need focus
Over the most of my life I have loved reading and enjoyed writing. Back in 2009 I wrote and published a children’s book called Pirates Don’t Clean their Teeth. I will tell that whole story later. I fully self published this and had an amazing couple of years with it. It changed my world in a way that I hadn’t expected - it didn’t make me any money at all - but even today people introduce me as this is Adrian - did you know he wrote a children’s book? It’s either that or he is always injured because he runs too much.
I also finished, something that is definitely not a children’s book. It’s totally a book for adults.
3:14
Imagine that one night you dreamed that you were living another life. Parallel lives are not a new concept, we’ve all seen sliding doors and the whole multiverse fun and games with all the spidermen. Imagine in your dream, you wake at 3:14 every morning and dream you are living another life. Of course, its also 3:14 in that life so how much trouble can you get into?
Yet when you wake up you remember. Not the faint remembering that you get after a really vivid dream. You remember a life that you did not live. With all the wants, fears, loves and regrets…
It’s so cool! I love my book!
I have printed 30 copies, and tomorrow I give away 6 to a book club to read over two months. This isn’t my Print ready version. It’s a limited run. I have already made a change. That’s ok, it makes this version super unique. You should totally buy one.
So day one, is not my day one.
However it is a day one. I’m creating a place for the things I love. The work I have created, so I can share that with the whole world, but also a place where I can help people like me, who want to publish but don’t know where to start. Sure I have a list of service, but in truth. Talk to me first.
But do buy 3;14 though. That will be gone before you know it.