Free Post Thursday – A Few Days

It’s 11pm, I haven’t really got anything specific in mind to talk about, so instead I will tell you about the last few days…

• I’ve been working extra hours at my paid job – but not had much in the way of creativity in my unpaid one.
• I got my first rejection email (it felt ok, and had some positive comments in it).
• I’ve been researching more agents for next week’s submissions.
• I sent off a submission with a typo in it, which has made me mad at myself.
• I did a Pilates class yesterday which singularly failed to make me feel at peace with my place in the Universe, but did help improve my writer’s back!
• I went to drama group and am now seeking out some scripts for our next performance. The only time I’ve ever wished I was a playwright, it’s an opportunity to find some new writers to read.

Sometimes, I feel I’m not achieving much and it’s true.  But sometimes, I feel I am not achieving much and I’ve done a lot – it’s just not all on a new piece of paper, and I can’t check the word count.

There are elements of a writing life which are distinctly administrative – printing, filing, e-mailing, typing letters. It’s all writing work, and it’s all part of the process, and it does me good to remind myself of that.

And some things are only tangentially linked. That’s ok too: part of writing is recognising where you can find ideas and inspiration…

If that’s from a Pilates mat in a hotel banquet hall, so be it!

Happy writing,
EJ
🙂