Monday, August 11, 2008

8/11/2008

The trees must be frustrated these days. They're trying to talk, but I've been too busy to listen. With a new position (resulting from a pending merger), which promises busier weekdays (thank God), and the weekly drives back and forth between Lubbock and Hereford, which means my weekends are totally tied-up to with time sliced out for family, my writing life has suffered over the last three weeks. Though I have still found time to submit one story to Crimespree Magazine, re-submit another story that was previously rejected, and start a third story, my writing productivity has been reduced to a dribble from the spigot.

My reading life has slowed down as well. What would normally take one to two weeks, now takes three to four. My current reading--Pride and Prejudice--is going on week three, and I'm only two-thirds of the way through.

Oh well, perseverance is a word most writers are intimate with, and I will do as much as I can. Maybe, I'll even finish that third story this week.

3 comments:

  1. Welcome back. And remember - life is fodder. This too shall pass. Peace, Linda

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  2. Hang in there, Stephen. You'll be back writing before you know it.

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  3. Thank you for the kind thoughts, ladies. You are good friends.

    This has been a good week since my latest posting. I'll publish the details as soon as I can.

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