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Back In the Writing Saddle Again
I feel like something 'snapped back' late last week, and suddenly I'm on a writing roll! The typing, the narration in my head, the ability to focus– all came back, and suddenly that part of my life went back to normal.
I've missed the writing..!
I've been encouraging, bribing, and otherwise pushing myself to get back into the habit of writing daily again (or nearly so) for many months now. It still felt stilted and forced much of the time, but I just thought, “I'll get this. Just need to re-develop my habit.” Which was fine, but the words didn't come to me as easily. Maybe as a reader, you wouldn't know it, but as a writer I could feel the difference!
At one point, I had 5 blogs going, NOT counting 'mirror sites'! When people say I'm a prolific writer, its not a polite exaggeration. I am rather addicted to the process of writing, and when I'm not doing it a lot regularly, I am off-kilter and unhappy. So this is wonderful to have back again after over a year of being too unwell to utilize this part of my repetoire.
To begin with, I'm re-igniting the slow-burning embers of At Spiral's End, my LJ paranormal site. That's already begun, and I have a plan of attack for finishing my paranormal memoirs and writing some advice. Next, I'll be updating my Therapy site, which is still up but under-used. After that, who knows? I have a couple of non-fiction book projects that need to be put together eventually here soon as well.
I'm just so relieved to have that part of my normal life back again! I've lost so much of what I had from the divorce, so getting back pieces feels amazing, like I can carry on and triumph in some capacity in my personal realm. Writing is also a crucial part of my psychological coping mechanism for the ups and downs of life. Without it, I have a harder time negotiating an often painful reality. With it, I can transform hardship into meaningful challenges that bring clarity and wisdom to my existence.
Source: http://lucretiasheart.livejournal.com/1214753.html
