Addendum up front: I see now that Lauren used a blog post to confirm she wrote yesterday. I'll not change what I wrote below, but I'll apologize up front for suggesting Lauren did not report writing yesterday. I guess I also should apologize for a similar (more snotty) suggestion in my previous post.
I really like the idea of being a writer, and the idyllic lifestyle that goes with it. Unfortunately, I don't particularly like to write. Not the hard stuff at least. Not the bread and butter of a writer of books, the actual writing of the book.
I really like the idea of being a writer, and the idyllic lifestyle that goes with it. Unfortunately, I don't particularly like to write. Not the hard stuff at least. Not the bread and butter of a writer of books, the actual writing of the book.
I know Lauren knows what I'm talking about. I suspect Kevin is already beginning to understand. Writing for real is difficult, particularly for the beginner. Everything else about writing is easy, but the writing is hard. I really like to research, and I like to talk about what great things I'm going to write, and I like to day dream about living in a beautiful place and cranking out books at the rate of several pages a day. But when it gets right down to the writing, almost anything else takes priority.
It's upside down, but that seems to be the way of things. That's why I've proposed this group reinforcement / shame arrangement. For me it works. Today will be day 13 for Lauren and I. I will write today, I know that. I missed one day so far, and that missed day bugs me still, as it should. Had it not been for you, first Lauren then the two of you, I suspect I would have written zero days, maybe one. I would have found a zillion gabillion reasons for not writing.
So I'll be blunt. I'm disappointed that neither of you reported writing yesterday, at least not that I saw. Hopefully, nothing tragic happened to either of your families which would make me eat my words. Assuming you are both okay, I'm going to take advantage of this faceless, voiceless means of interacting and attempt to shame you back to your pen and paper, or the equivalent thereof.
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