It’s still officially WIP Wednesday, at least for another 8 minutes.
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately. I read slush, work from my writer’s group, and I’m going to town on a friend’s novel, since I’m good at removing back-story with a lethal stroke of my fiery pen. I read stories that my friends write. Oh, yeah, and sometimes I even get to published books and the newspaper, but it doesn’t seem to happen very often.
And lately I’ve been doing a lot of the ticky writing things that need to be done. Thank you letters, requests for things, contracts and follow up emails. Twitter and Facebook and should I or should I not set up an account on The Haunt? Also, I am the newest member of the SFWA (woo!) and there’s a lot of emailing back and forth that went along with that.
You know what I haven’t been doing? Writing. In this writing business, I’ve been doing everything but.
I was just reading a story that my acquaintance wrote, one that is being shopped around to different magazines. It’s stunningly beautiful. It makes me stagger. I want to write something as meaningful. I want to surround myself with words, because that’s what I desire; that’s what makes me happy. The rest of this is secondary to my true love.
I am inspired.
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Wrap yourself in that ‘writing blanket’ and stay warm.
Recently, I’ve been staying away from the blogs and Twitter a little more because it is eating into my writing time too much. I have so little time as it is. I know networking is important, but its not near as important as facing the blank page every morning.
I had that same feeling after the last book I read. I want to write magically. I don’t mean that to equate easy. I just want it to be a magical experience. (No pun intended since it’s fantasy. :P) And I think you do write beautifully! So do a lot of other people, which is why you’re getting published. 😉 Hard to step back and see yourself that way though.
Congrats again on getting into SFWA.
I’m with Jeremy. I’ve been staying away from the blogs and twitter as much as I can, and I’ve found that my writing productivity has increased dramatically.
I used to be the same as you as far as reading – I read everything I could get my hands on. But lately I find I just can’t get into reading as much as I used to and I wonder if that’s just a product of my writing- I’m writing more and just don’t want to take the time for someone else’s work right now? We’ll see how it goes when I finish my own book. I have a feeling I’ll go back to tons of reading then.
Yay, inspiration! And triple yay at SFWA! I am celebrating for you from afar.
Congrats on getting into SFWA!
Nothing like a good word-gorge : )
slash away at that back-history mercilessly. i beg you! LOL
the back-history wellspring.