This Messy Life

Sometimes life gets messy. Dirty, stinky, messy. Negative vibes throw you into a tailspin and you wonder why it happens. The key to dealing with a stinky mess is to take one step at a time. Eventually you can trudge through the gray to emerge into the light on the other side.

So what’s in the light for me? As you read this post, I should be laughing my tail feathers off at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in Dayton! This is a highly competitive conference where for three days attendees are delivered helpful information by leading writers, editors and marketers. This year it sold out in only six hours and I am so very grateful to be able to attend. Since it is local I thought it would be alright to drive in each day, but my husband has generously offered me his hotel points so that I can stay downtown. I will just say that as I write this, I am so nervous and excited that I can’t sit still!

Also in new news, April is CampNanowrimo. This is a less strenuous exercise in writing where I set my own word/editing parameters rather than Nanowrimo’s intense guidelines. Last November (during Nanowrimo) I wrote a set of four children’s books that I have been rewriting/editing, and in April I hope to write the next rough draft set of those. I shall see how far I get. My goal is going to be slightly less than that of November at 1500 words per day rather than 1667, and I am going to be starting two or three days late because of my conference. Hopefully I can get three or four books done.

Writing has become a part of my blood. When I am not engaged in writing new stories, essays or poems on my blog or my books, I am editing, researching and/or educating myself. The internet contains a plethora of information that is ever changing. I have also been taking an art class in the hopes that I might be able to draw illustrations in these children’s books before publishing. I shall see how that goes as well. While I’ve continued to draw briefly in stints during my adulthood, it has been a long time since I drew consistently. As anything else, it is an exercise in practice and persistence.

I hope you are finding your way through life’s messes, one step at a time and looking for the light. Summer will soon be upon us with longer days and heat. I’m looking forward to it.

Peace.