Comments on: Frequently Asked Question #6 https://leannaellis.com/2009/10/frequently-asked-question-6/ Award-winning Author Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:14:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Leanna https://leannaellis.com/2009/10/frequently-asked-question-6/#comment-230 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:14:59 +0000 https://leannaellis.com/wordpress/2009/10/frequently-asked-question-6/#comment-230 Thanks so much, Candace! Since I’ve been writing so long, I know about what it takes and I stretch it as far as I can. So I do try to space mine about every 9 months or even longer. Even though part of me thinks, “Write faster!” And I will tell you that sometimes life happens, but God is sovereign. Last spring I was finishing up Once in a Blue Moon, and my dad was sick in the hospital. I spent hours in the car driving kids around and going to the hospital and couldn’t write at the hospital. Weeks went by without much work done. But amazingly, and this is a testament to God, I turned that book in a week early. The week after that my father passed away. So God’s in charge of it. Always.

]]> By: CandaceCalvert https://leannaellis.com/2009/10/frequently-asked-question-6/#comment-229 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:22:34 +0000 https://leannaellis.com/wordpress/2009/10/frequently-asked-question-6/#comment-229 Amen! I applaud your priorities–family first, and your beautifully stated objective of giving a manuscript time to “marinate.” Agree, wholeheartedly. But (curious minds want to know) how do you do this regarding your contract. Doesn’t it say the book is due on such-and-such specific date?

IMO, take all the time you want–your books are terrific because of it! 🙂

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