This week, I got a lot of words written, and a big step closer to the end of the whodunnit, but I still won’t finish it before I meander off on my trip to Germany as I’d hoped.
I have, however, got a plan. When I am away, I will be spending a lot of time travelling, and I had intended to use this time to read and catch up on the 52 book challenge. However, if I split the time 50:50 between reading and writing, I should still be able to get plenty of reading done, and keep up my writing momentum. Win-win, I hope…
I do feel a little bit more positive about my writing this week for other reasons, though. A chance discussion with a friend at work led to a discovery that his father is a poet, who has published his own anthology after many years of his work appearing on the radio. Not only did I get a copy o said anthology as a gift, which was lovely, but I also passed him a couple of my favourite poems for some feedback. I feel ludicrously brave! I also shared them with another work colleague who said very kind things indeed. I think she was surprised how much she liked them.
I want to get back to my poetry sooner rather than later. I have so many thoughts and feelings about the world right now that the best thing I can do is write it out – that’s one of the ways I process things I am unable to verbalise. I’ll definitely be taking a notebook to carry about when I am away. I might even try to work in some German words, which are often perfectly precise although rather hard-sounding.
I read an article today which discussed the formation of German words but due to the nature of the article I have decided not to link to it; still, it’s given me something else to think about over the next week.
I’m pretty sure there will be a lot of thinking when I am away.
In other news – following on from the 100 novels list is the start of an alternative list for me to look through, although I also have a number of borrowed books to read plus this week’s lazy one to finish off first.
And finally – due to the travels this week I won’t be doing my normal update-type blogs but hopefully will at least have a chance to get something written before I go. No promises though – I haven’t even started sorting myself out yet!
Happy writing,
EJ
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