Dear October,
I did some writing
today! Your weather helped, since you decided to get cold and rainy, giving me an excuse to stay inside. I’m slowly, slowly getting back into the habit of
writing. Today was some of the first work I’d done on an actual story since
attempting Camp NaNoWriMo back in July, and it felt good. But it was also
really difficult. My inner editor decided that her vacation was over and made a
grand entrance about one sentence into my story. I sluggishly worked through
most of the afternoon, sitting on my bunk bed to keep my feet warm (my room’s
not that cold, it’s just my feet), and wrote in miniscule spurts, taking
frequent Twitter breaks and consulting some of the books shown above for
inspiration. It feels like my brain is all over the place today, but after I finish
this letter I’m going to dive back in and really try to get some words written.
I like writing in the evening because it’s quiet and I don’t have the urge to
go out and do things like I do at the
start of the day. In the evening I can curl up with a cup of tea and write to
my heart’s content, long after Ms. Sassy Inner Editor has gone to bed. I do
miss the big green armchair in my living room where I got a lot of writing
done, though. Especially on cold nights with a fire burning in the fireplace. That,
and my feet are cold. Please be warm tomorrow, October. I have to make a trip
to the library.
Laura
Song of the day: "About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All" by Dan Mangan
Love this. Get some socks Laura! (or I actually got some sweatpants before coming here, and they cover my feet pretty well, so that's good too! They're soft and almost too light and loose, but I've gotten used to them and now I like them a lot.)
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