Well, Sort of Back...
Some days are better than others. Hell, some moments are better than others. And I take the good moments whenever I can, because they're fleeting. In the not-so-good moments, I don't have the energy to sit down and write anything, with the exception of really sad poetry. At least I'm writing, even if I haven't worked on my book since before I left Austin.
Job update: I had my second interview for the job I interviewed for last week. It was great. I got to work with a group of kids for about thirty minutes and it was so much fun! I didn't realize how much I missed it. We played a name game and then I led them in creating a Halloween story. I started it and they took turns adding to it. I didn't anticipate then having such trouble using chronology. The story was really like ten really short stories that shared only characters, but it was a fun mess. Here's hoping...
Please forgive my sporadic nature lately. Doing any kind of writing seems to take a lot out of me these days, probably because the more I write, the more I scratch the surface OK-ness and see the not-OK-ness that's hidden underneath. But there are still things that make me smile: my niece, conversation with wonderful friends, a good turn in a poem I'm working on, working with kids, reciting line for line the movie Interview With the Vampire as I watch it by myself. I love those moments when you're just content and not thinking about anything else but what's in front of you. That is happiness. I hope to find more of those moments.
To all my fellow bloggers in our little empathetic, dark-humored community, I hope you're all pushing forward and getting closer to accomplishing great things.
Oh, and, Sean, you're doing great. Procrastination is every writer's best friend and strongest enemy. Don't be so hard on yourself; you just finished a draft of a novel! I'm in awe.
--Joseph
Job update: I had my second interview for the job I interviewed for last week. It was great. I got to work with a group of kids for about thirty minutes and it was so much fun! I didn't realize how much I missed it. We played a name game and then I led them in creating a Halloween story. I started it and they took turns adding to it. I didn't anticipate then having such trouble using chronology. The story was really like ten really short stories that shared only characters, but it was a fun mess. Here's hoping...
Please forgive my sporadic nature lately. Doing any kind of writing seems to take a lot out of me these days, probably because the more I write, the more I scratch the surface OK-ness and see the not-OK-ness that's hidden underneath. But there are still things that make me smile: my niece, conversation with wonderful friends, a good turn in a poem I'm working on, working with kids, reciting line for line the movie Interview With the Vampire as I watch it by myself. I love those moments when you're just content and not thinking about anything else but what's in front of you. That is happiness. I hope to find more of those moments.
To all my fellow bloggers in our little empathetic, dark-humored community, I hope you're all pushing forward and getting closer to accomplishing great things.
Oh, and, Sean, you're doing great. Procrastination is every writer's best friend and strongest enemy. Don't be so hard on yourself; you just finished a draft of a novel! I'm in awe.
--Joseph
posted by Joseph at 12:17 PM
1 Comments:
I know you're sad, but try to find SOMETHING that gives you pleasure. Go to one of our fabulous museums. Lose yourself in teh photographic archives. Let those photos and pix inspire something for you to write that is outside of your own head...that will give you a little escape. Take with a large hot beverage of your favorite kind and indulge in things pleasurable to the basic senses.
peace
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