12:33 pm June 16, 2010Essays on Finishing… (and a summer head cold).

This week you can find me doing pretty much one of the following three things: blowing my frickin nose; writing, writing, writing; or blowing my frickin nose. Okay, I know I said the one thing twice, but that’s because it feels like blowing my nose is the thing I do twice as often as anything else. I have blown and/or wiped my nose so much that it looks and feels like red armadillo armor on the end of it. (And this is the point where I realize that I am talking way too much about my headcold and giving you way too much info on nose-blowing. So on to the real topic…)

Writing.

Hi, I’m writing. And when I’m not writing, I’m writing blog posts about writing. Because one of the oldest tricks in the book for writers who can’t think of anything to write, is to write about writing. I think it’s a lame scheme, myself. But I’m going to do it anyway.

These essays are sorta saving my life. I’ve decided that this dude is succinctly genius. He gets to the various cores of why writers give up and fail themselves, and gives a good dose of kick-in-the-pants self motivation. So if you’ve ever wanted to write a novel, or have started a novel (or, like me, several novels) and just can’t manage to get through the whole thing, take some time to read through Timothy Hallinan’s blog.

And now, back to real writing… not just writing about writing. And also nose-blowing. And also, I just paused the writing of this post to pull my toddler’s arm out of the toilet, as he was splashing in it like a kiddie pool. So after I blow my nose, I will disinfect his arm up to the elbow.

Good times. Now go. Write.

2 Comments »

  1. So I take it you’ve been writing and blowing your nose lately… Sounds more exciting than what I’ve been doing… Kinda…

    Comment by Katie Stanworth — June 16, 2010 @ 3:27 pm

  2. I will definitely check out this guy- snuck a peak onto his page and LOVED it. Will revist soon, when i am not out the door to Borders to feed my reading obsession (which is currently sidetracked by my ADD)…. Have you read any Rilke? I am completely inspired by him. This man was genius. If you can, google or read the actual Letters to a Young Poet…. inspiration in a jar.

    Comment by ShayLo — June 21, 2010 @ 11:17 am

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