When I started Deep Calls to Deep at the beginning of the year, I had two goals.
The first goal was my own well-being. I wanted to develop a rhythm and discipline of self-care that would ultimately be generative. I knew that writing was a great way to be in a contemplative space while sharing my stories and experience in community with you.
My second goal was to take a baby step back into writing. Every time I finish writing a book, I am drained. I don't feel like doing anything at all with my brain. In fact, after my last book, I watched every season and every episode of Survivor. That is forty-plus seasons and over 600 episodes! I watched it so much that I almost applied to be a contestant on the show. Fortunately, I came to my senses before I did that. But after giving myself a necessary break from thinking about anything except Survivor, I decided that a nice step would be to write very small articles and get the creative juices flowing again. That is where Deep Calls to Deep came from, and it has been amazing.
The good news is that I have been delightfully interrupted by the prospect of writing another book- a sequel to my 2021 novel What Can’t Be Hidden. I thought I could push the book development to the end of December, but it seems I can't take my mind off of it and have already started writing. I guess what I want to say is that I am going to pause these weekly writings at the beginning of 2023 while I begin working on the manuscript for this new book. During those five or six months, I will occasionally post but it won’t be every week. In the meantime, there will be nine final posts to end this year.
I intend to reconnect with you on the other side this book project. Thank you for your continued support and encouragement of my work.
Peace,
Brandon