Hello there. Sloth here.
I don’t know that I should apologize for my long absence here. I don’t
presume that my writings here are doing anyone any great favours.
I seem to have stumbled into some major aversion to writing of late
which is kind of ridiculous since I basically gave up a decent career in order
to write (in essence) and doubly so given this is a camp NaNoWriMo (National Novel
Writing) month and I have a goal to reach and I’m barely 15% of the way there.
I’ve been bloody lazy frankly and it’s no surprise to me because I
haven’t been sleeping well for a long time now and when I’m tired I make
nothing but lame, short-sighted decisions.
Sleeping is a very complicated thing for me due to shift work and a serious sleep
apnea condition which is treated by a CPAP machine which requires regular care in order to
perform well. There are actually a lot of little things I need to proactively do in
order to make good sleep possible and many of them I am not doing nearly enough
due to laziness and poor decision-making... due to lack of sleep. Vicious
circle, see?
There are a few more reasons why it’s odd timing for this falling out of love with writing but I
will bother you with only this one: I started a new novel which is literally
the fifth different attempt to basically try to express the same set of core
ideas. The first four all derailed for various reasons but they were learning
experiences which I think was really the main goal.
This time I seem to be right on the mark. The first few chapters look
great. And the weird thing is: I think that makes me afraid. And perhaps I’ll
figure out how to properly explain that sometime soon.
Anyways… I’m trying to get back on the bandwagon. I’m vowing to get
busy attending to my sleep issues and to get back to this blog very regularly.
But I’ll be trying to keep the posts short.
This was a lame post, I know. They’ll get better. I’m just happy to
hear my fingers tapping. Baby steps.
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