I know, two posts in less than a few hours. I'm sick, I tell you, sick. Really. I am.
Anyway, I was having a minor pity party for myself because I'm being denied valuable Panera time. Yesterday, I missed because I could not move, I was so sick. Tonight, I missed a writing thing I wanted to go to, but decided I'd keep more friends if I didn't share my germs. Tomorrow, I have to help out at kiddo's school, so I can't go to Panera (although... do you think my germs are lingering, so it would be doing them a disservice to go).
So here I was moping about not being able to write, and I had a realization.
"Self," says me, "why can't you write now?"
"Now?"
"Yeah, now."
I pondered this for a moment and realized that there was no logical reason why I can't write and feel sick at the same time, so I opened up the computer and started working on the revisions for the second book.
And you know what I realized?
It's GOOD.
Really good. Send off to crit group and prepare to submit good. Bang down people's doors and make them read it good.
Once I hit the "send" button on my email, I realized something else. I'm free. For the first time in forever, I no longer have horrible edits and revisions hanging over my head. I get to write something BRAND NEW.
And it's gonna be good!
I almost wish I didn't have to go to bed right now, it's so good.
We missed you tonight. Hope you feel better.
ReplyDeleteBrand new is very good!
ReplyDeleteGet better first and foremost. Of course when I have been sick and attempted to write, I have often come up with really deep stuff. Does that say something about healthy shallow me or what?
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