Decisions, Decisions....

 by Charlotte Bennardo

Right now I'm struggling to choose between...

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Writing this blog post....

Or....

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Taking pain medication for my broken leg which will leave me unable to write this post. 

That's the thing about decisions: most times we have to choose between what's best for others (like keeping my promise to Holly and the others to fill my blog slot) or choosing what's best for me (no pain, good sleep). Sometimes we can do both and make everyone happy. I've taken my pain meds and since they haven't kicked in yet, I can do this post. In ten minutes, everyone's going to be happy (as happy as I can be with a broken leg that is screwing up my vacation, my summer, my garden, my writing, my LIFE). 

For writers, sometimes it's simple, like choosing one word, one point of view, one character trait over another. Many times, it's a harder decision, like being happy with our vision, or making the agent/publisher happy with their revisions, or putting that project of your heart in a drawer because either you can't finish it, can't make it right, or it doesn't get picked up. 

But that's what life is, no matter how old you are, how talented, how the world sees you, etc. 

I've successfully avoided making this one decision: I took my pain meds, then wrote my blog post. Everyone got what they wanted. 

If only all decisions could be this easy to navigate. 

Charlotte writes MG, YA, NA, and adult novels in sci fi, fantasy, contemporary, and paranormal genres. She is the author of the award-winning middle grade Evolution Revolution trilogy, Simple Machines, Simple Plans, and Simple Lessons. She co-authored the YA novels Blonde OPS, Sirenz, and Sirenz Back in Fashion. She has two short stories in the Beware the Little White Rabbit (Alice through the Wormhole) and Scare Me to Sleep (Faces in the Wood) anthologies. Having finished her MFA, she's applying what she learned and is working on several children's and adult novels, along with some short stories. She lives in NJ but dreams of a Caribbean beach house.