In the Beginning (Consortium Roots)
"Did you ever walk into circumstances and come out with a lot more than you bargained for?" Yes. ; ) Here's the story....
Hile, inklings! I hope you’re all having a cramazing life today.
: )
At the end of a blog post on her Go To El, the fabulous El recently posed the following question:
Did you ever walk into circumstances and come out with a lot more than you bargained for?
I posted the following as my response, and I felt it worth sharing here (especially for the benefit of MY NEWEST READERS, WHOM I WELCOME WITH MOST HYPERACTIVE JOY!!!):
“Did you ever walk into circumstances and come out with a lot more than you bargained for?”
Yes. ; ) Here’s the story:
Shawn: Courtney, you know Aaron Pogue? He likes writing, you like writing, our friend JT likes writing, and I like writing — we should form a writers’ group!
Me: Um, sure!
Me: Hi, Aaron and JT. Shawn says we should form a writers’ group. What do you think?
Aaron, JT: Um, sure!
*many writers’ meetings happen*
Aaron: Hey, Courtney, we should start a nonprofit organization to support the arts, and you should be the head of our writing school.
Me: Um, sure!
*shortly thereafter*
Aaron, Hey, Courtney, part of this nonprofit should be an indie publishing house, and we should help each other and all of our writer friends self-publish our novels.
Me: Um, sure!
Aaron: And Carlos and Julie want to help us with cover art.
Carlos, Julie: Yay!
Me: So does Amy!
Amy: Yay!
Aaron: And Jessie wants to be our editor.
Jessie: Yay!
Aaron, Courtney: And here are all these other people who want to help and whom we can help in return!
Everybody: Yay!
18 months later, the Consortium has published 6 novels, 1 speculative fiction magazine, and a stand-alone short story.
It’s unimaginably more than I bargained for. And it is wonderful. : )
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And you, dear readers? When did you get more than you ever dreamed possible? Share in the comments!
Also, I know that when we get “more than we bargained for,” the “more” isn’t always good. Sometimes, it’s pretty bad. Please do share those times with us as well, if you’re so inclined.
After all…”shared pain is lessened” (Spider Robinson).
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