Winter 2018

[anastasia517]

It's been a while, but I was wondering how everybody is doing with their writing.

I know incogneato is working through a new manuscript at super speeds and I assume our self-published smock is as well.  (I followed both of you on Twitter recently, btw.)  Anybody else? fatamy, Gato, @writererin?

[Gato]

I took all of December off writing, and this past month have been mostly journaling a bit each day. I really should go back to read my novel draft, and see where I want to go from there.

What I'm having the most trouble with, despite 20 years of writing on and off professionally, is truly believing that I'm a writer. Like, really committing to it as a craft, a daily practice, and a profession. I still feel like I am noodling around and wonder when, if ever, I will feel more confident saying 'this is who I am; this what I do.'

[Deleted]

My writing has been pretty firmly on hold for the time being. I'm about 15 weeks pregnant and my energy level barely gets me through just a normal day, never mind having the mental energy required to write or revise. I'm amazed I even made it through NaNo, because I got my positive pregnancy test about halfway through the month and the exhaustion kicked in not long after that.

But once I DO get my energy back a bit, I fully intend to return to revising the project I started trying to revise last summer/fall.

[fatamy]

I did something so bad... I read through my 25k words from November and started editing it. Gah!
I really like where I'm going with my story, and I want to keep writing, but I'm struggling with the middle part of the book. So I thought if I re-read, it would help my brain/heart decide where to go.
But that was early January and I'm still stuck. But I'm still thinking about it! So idk... I'd like to keep going.

[fatamy]

Jan 29, 2018 18:41:42 GMT -5 @writererin said:

My writing has been pretty firmly on hold for the time being. I'm about 15 weeks pregnant and my energy level barely gets me through just a normal day, never mind having the mental energy required to write or revise. I'm amazed I even made it through NaNo, because I got my positive pregnancy test about halfway through the month and the exhaustion kicked in not long after that.

But once I DO get my energy back a bit, I fully intend to return to revising the project I started trying to revise last summer/fall.

Congrats on the pregnancy!! 

It's sooooooooo hard to write while pregnant or with an infant. The two times I didn't even attempt were when pregnant, and two of my fails (including this year) were when the girls were little babies. 

[fatamy]

Jan 29, 2018 14:30:11 GMT -5 Gato said:

I took all of December off writing, and this past month have been mostly journaling a bit each day. I really should go back to read my novel draft, and see where I want to go from there.

What I'm having the most trouble with, despite 20 years of writing on and off professionally, is truly believing that I'm a writer. Like, really committing to it as a craft, a daily practice, and a profession. I still feel like I am noodling around and wonder when, if ever, I will feel more confident saying 'this is who I am; this what I do.'

You're a writer! Twenty years on and off professionally, you're a legit writer!