Time for another Insecure Writers Support Group, which is a fantastic place to connect with other writers and be reassured you aren't alone in your worries and insecurities. Here is the link for the sign up: behold, shiny new website!
This month I am talking about feeling disconnected. I feel left out at the moment because (gasp) I am not doing Nanowrimo. I think it is a GREAT challenge and I wish I was joining in, but the timing just wasn't right for my projects. I haven't quite settled on a new idea. I need to do some edits on my current MS. The timing wasn't there, and rather than drop where I am and draft something I'm not sure about (which may have worked out well, who knows), I am just not joining in.
As a result I feel pretty much disconnected from the entire writing community, ha ha! The planet is doing Nano it seems with sprints and word count discussions. Which is great of course, that's why Nano is so encouraging.
But I am left feeling a bit, well, left out! Plus my work/life is endlessly busy at the moment so any blogging/tweeting/writing time is all a bit squeezed in, which adds to the feeling.
And Left Out feelings I suppose make going my own way feel a bit of a struggle oh I could just watch TV instead of writing. But that's not the attitude. My Nano time will come another year, and in the meantime I cheer on my fellow writers doing it and join in that way as best I can. So go you with that word sprint! Are you on Nano-track?
Anybody else feel disconnected, for whatever reason?
Greetings and Salutations
(movie that's from anyone? ;))
How are we all as we hit NOVEMBER? Time to celebrate small again! The rules of Celebrate The Small Things are simple: sign up on the linky, post your celebrations, and hop around and celebrate with others.
Do you see the rules there: SIGN UP ON THE LINKY. Guess who hasn't signed up on the linky (until now?). Yes that's right: ME!!! Ha ha ha! I wasn't on it! I guess because I 'host' it I thought I didn't need to, or it hadn't occurred to me to. For TEN MONTHS. That's a *facepalm* moment.
So I have signed up now. :)
My celebrations for this week are:
- We had the clocks 'Fall Back' and an extra hour in bed, YAY!
- I am becoming a godmother to a friend's son - Christening is this weekend. I am quite excited and honoured to have a godson. And star in 'THE GODMOTHER' :)
- Made it to the gym three times this week - not too bad!
- Seeing a good friend for yummy Thai - YAY!
How about you?
Here's the linky... with me on it this time!
Greetings! Time for another Celebrate The Small Things!
I have no idea where the year is going off to, speeding along like a road where most of it's in the rear view mirror. Time passes quickly these days. Anyway, here we are at Celebrate The Small Things, which is a quite simple blog hop: Sign up on linky, post Small Things you wish to celebrate (anything) and hop around and celebrate with others.
I have had one of those weeks. You know: busy job, late tube, migraine, broken freezer. Nothing serious but
A Series Of Grumbly Events (a future book title maybe).
So I need to Celebrate The Small Things. Like for example:
- Yummy Fish N Chip Takeaway the day the freezer broke
- Bumping into my friend on the tube on Tube Delay Day
- Migraine does not have such an 'upside' but the boyfriend did take good care of me
- It's Friday so the weekend and 2 days rest - HURRAH!
How about you? What celebrations?
Here's the linky:
Greetings!
Where has the week gone? In a blur of work and busy for me, but here we are Celebrating The Small Things again ;)
I did another wee tidy of the list so please do just check I didn't accidentally delete you if you are still joining in, and add yourself if I did!
This week I am celebrating:
- Visiting a wee Border Terrier puppy! He was v. cute ;) Just learning all his sit, stay etc.
-Cups of tea on a cold chilly day.
- Wrapping up warm under a blanket
- Fluffy socks. I love big fluffy socks!
How about you?
Greetings and here we are Celebrating on a Friday ;) How is everyone?
The rules are simple: Sign up on the linky, post Celebrations no matter how small, and hop around and celebrate! :)
My celebrations for the week:
- It's FRIDAY which means the weekend!
- Am going to see my friend and meeting her new puppy tomorrow which will be nice!
- Made it twice to the gym which isn't too bad considering the work week I've had. Discovering how important music is to a workout!
- Over using exclamation marks today clearly!
What are you celebrating?
Here's the linky:
Greetings all and it's Celebrate the Small Things time!
Celebrate The Small Things is really quite simple. Post what you are celebrating this week, however small, sign up on the linky (you need only do this once - not every week), and hop and celebrate with others!
Thank you to everyone for your kind words to my post last week, and apologies again I wasn't able to hop around. I'm also aiming to do a list tidy in the next week or so, so apologies if there are a few links which need to come off.
I'm celebrating...
- Going to the 100th birthday and seeing the card from the Queen! My boyfriend's Grandpa had a successful 100th birthday. How amazing to reach such an age.
- Having a nice break away from work and clearing away cobwebs.
- My mum unexpectedly being in London and being able to briefly see her.
- Orphan Black. Am SO enjoying that show (am on ep 3 over here).
- SNACKS. What's the day like without them?
What are you celebrating this week? What's your TOP SNACK?
Here's the sign up linky:
We all write because we love it, that goes without saying - or does it? It's so easy to get caught up in *feeling insecure about it*. In worrying about word counts achieved and rejections to query letters received. In angsting because that chapter isn't coming out right, or because we aren't sure what path to take, publishing wise.
However, we do it because we love it. Don't we? And yes, with that comes wanting to feel that the scene is the best that it can be and that the characters are being done justice and that the paper matches what's in your head. That the story might be able to 'get out there' and be enjoyed by others and how long will it take you to get there etc etc.
I went to a 100th birthday party this week. The man in question spoke about how he started painting at school, and it's a hobby which carried him his entire life. He's sold paintings and had them displayed, but it has mostly been an interest - a LOVE. He is lucky enough to be fit enough that 2 weeks ago (at 99 and 50 weeks old) he was finishing a painting. I was awed by that, and humbled.
Dammit we may not all live to 100 and be fit enough, but the point of a hobby that lasts your lifetime and that you still get enjoyment from is a key one. I hope that I'm still making up stories in my head and inventing characters throughout my life. I hope I never lose that love.
So let's not be insecure about it. Let's remember that we love it, first and foremost.
Time for another Insecure Writers Support Group, which is a fantastic place to connect with other writers and be reassured you aren't alone in your worries and insecurities. Here is the link for the sign up: behold, shiny new website!
