It's cold. Again. I'm tired of it to say the least. Everything is at sixes and sevens as well. I'm thinking some sun is needed. Ol' vitamin D is not doing the trick anymore. I feel like a little ol' hedgehog, rolled up in a ball - I want to roll up in my quilts and never come out. I think bears have the right idea here...hibernation seems like a good thing at this point. Let's not come out till it's over.
Currently working on a screenplay of my novel. This is a challenge. I have never worked in this format before, and there's lots to learn. It's exciting and scary.
Still plugging away at the "writing thing", as some like to call it. Won a local writing contest, submitted to another and wrote a piece for Glimmer Train. That's a long shot, but if you don't play, you can't win, right? In any case, it was a story I had to write, regardless of whether I make it into this prestigious literary mag. And..... I can submit elsewhere. But man, Glimmer Train..... just think of it! That would be a feather in the ol' writing cap.
I've been so depressed lately....about the writing and other stuff. I was sp successful at my job, which I lost a year ago - and have not had much success at all with writing. I try to tell myself I haven't been at it SERIOUSLY for very long - I mean, I've been doing it my whole life, here and there, but have been to scared to REALLY DO it, to submit work, to rewrite, to really strive to do something with what I hope is any talent I've been blessed with.
I have several things floating around out there. The waiting is hard. And doesnt' pay the bills or flip the flapjacks. I have to do this, though. I have to.
I want to shake myself out of this winter malaise. I want the weight of the snow off my shoulders. I want to put my face in the sun. I want to get off my dead ass and make this work.
So, I guess the key is.... MOVE. CREATE. GO FORWARD.
