Twin Demons

Amazingly, I've nearly made it to chapter 9. I have to fight the twin demons of procrastination and... procrastination... to get here, but when I sit down and make myself stick my flash drive in my computer and open the document, I realize it's really not as hard as I tell myself it is. After I get past my mental critic (it sucks, no publisher will pick it up, your dreams are too big), things just flow. I began, after my last session with my writing tutor, to have a goal of 1500 words a week, and realized that I could write much more, so I upped it to 2000. I surprised myself this weekend, writing all 2000 words within two hours, in one sitting, at a Peet's coffee shop in Seattle. All I have to do is take away the distractions. I enjoyed how there wasn't much music in that Peet's coffee--I concentrated more than I have in most Starbucks. And with my mom across the street at her harp lesson, I was distraction-free. I feel powerful and focused when I'm in that "writing zone," and nothing except my own self-determination can get me there. But a mug of hot tea always helps.

Photo: Part of a statue/sculpture in Sedona, AZ, where I went for my birthday (around turkey day) last year. I'll try to blog more often... hopefully once a week... I know its been a while since my last post. (I feel like I've been saying that a lot lately.)