I now have time to write.
Instead I blog, I discover new blogger backgrounds, I think about doing my family history, I think about that book of poetry I want to put together, I find a really cool Jane Austen book in Chapters that looks like a scrapbook and wonder how I can get my journal or poetry book to look like that, I think about those blog backgrounds and I end up looking up digital scrapbooking.
Big mistake.
Because now I want to play with that instead of writing something that might sell.
I love writing once I get into the "zone", but getting to that zone becomes something I put off. It's like a journey I know I want to go on but the packing is overwhelming, so instead I clean, organize, surf the net, exercise, surf the net, oh who knows what I end up doing instead of real writing.
I only have myself to blame.
I have a guest post on Blog Segullah. Chasing Rainbows
I also discovered that an article that I wrote for my college newspaper is on the net. An Old Dog Learns New Tricks
And to read about what I said about Phyllis A. Whitney and a review of two of her books, go to Views from Hobbit Hole.
If I type in my name to a search engine I get me, which can be disconcerting because it also brings up everything I ever said on other people's blogs.
And for those of you who remember momsense from Anita Renfroe, here's another. This woman is brilliant. I showed it to my 10 year old daughter who's a Tayor Swift fan and she was horrified. "Bad Mom!" she exclaimed. "That's just wrong."
The Penny Whistle - B.J. Hoff
8 years ago
1 comments:
Oh, I know this story all too well. Somedays I'll even do laundry in order to stall on writing. I want to write, I love to write ... but like you say, it's the packing for the journey that makes one procrastinate!
Good post, Anna. I really enjoyed it!
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