Do you know how you can be in a comfortable position reading or just relaxing on the couch, but then you move and suddenly you’re in pain because of the position that just moments ago felt so good? Isn’t that a lot like how life can be? You think things are comfortable and you are…
Angela Giles Klocke » Southern Colorado Writer & Photographer
Monthly Archives: November 2009It was the end of a long day. I had just closed the office and was on my way out, making one last posting for an event the following day. I placed the notice on the sign-board and glanced over at the young man sitting at the table. ME: So, did you drop the math… “If you have to tell people that you’re procrastinating, you’re simply not doing it right.” -AGK The husband and I had a date planned for today in “The City.” (I use quotes because people think it’s funny when I refer to Colorado Springs as The City, or even funnier when I call it The Big… The trouble with getting my writing groove back is…the stories and ideas just keep coming. I know, that’s not really terrible. Right now, I’m juggling my NaNoWriMo novel (which is back to being a YA book), a second book that was supposed to be just a short story (and might still be but doesn’t at… I shall begin by stating for the record that I didn’t REALLY miss blogging yesterday. I wrote a placeholder where this blog used to reside, but because I didn’t re-import the entries, I lost that one (yes, okay, it still wasn’t a real entry, but that’s so not the point) and one comment. I have… I grew up hearing variations of “You’re not good enough.” (“You’ll never amount to anything.” “You’re too stupid.” “Who would want you?” etc…) I wish I could say I grew out of that, that one day I took control of my thoughts and stopped feeling inferior to the world. The truth is, I struggle with… Tired, tired, tired. My novel is suffering (though I have no doubts I’ll finish), especially since I chopped it in half when I realized I had two different stories going on. (Sue me. My book. I do what I want!) The first part of the week is always crazier for me, so I play catch-up… This? Or this? Sometimes, decisions are easy. Sometimes, not so much. The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. -David Russell Here I stand, at a bridge. |
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