Hi friends, Before I get into the newsletter, I’d like to share a silly confession and some fun news: Shortly after I began writing, Poets & Writers sent me an ad for a discount subscription for writers. I thought the fact that they knew who I was meant I’d reached writer status! Of course they’d just gotten my name via a lit mag submission, but it was so affirming. Then last week, with the release of the
I'm reading this after getting up and out from an hour of "naptime" in my son's room. Air quotes because he didn't nap but I'm trying. Anyway, I found myself lying on the floor beside the crib thinking, "I never get to just lie on the floor." That was my noveling time for the day...but it felt really good. A writer fear I have is that if I give myself too much down time, that's all I'll want and I'll never go back to writing. It's so hard to find a balance of rest and exertion, of quiet and hard work. Thank you for sharing this morning of positive non-exertion in your week.
It’s amazing how freeing that something like a power outage can be. I do find it hard to surrender to it, but we need those times. Like taking a silent trail walk, alone, with no podcast or audiobook--hard at first, but good for our heads and the writing.
I'm reading this after getting up and out from an hour of "naptime" in my son's room. Air quotes because he didn't nap but I'm trying. Anyway, I found myself lying on the floor beside the crib thinking, "I never get to just lie on the floor." That was my noveling time for the day...but it felt really good. A writer fear I have is that if I give myself too much down time, that's all I'll want and I'll never go back to writing. It's so hard to find a balance of rest and exertion, of quiet and hard work. Thank you for sharing this morning of positive non-exertion in your week.
It’s amazing how freeing that something like a power outage can be. I do find it hard to surrender to it, but we need those times. Like taking a silent trail walk, alone, with no podcast or audiobook--hard at first, but good for our heads and the writing.