I'm taking annual leave for the rest of this week. One's chum has a job interview tomorrow morning (for her own job bizarrely enough, and at an ungodly hour of the morning as well which seems a bit cruel and unusual) so once that's done we will be consuming chocolate, taking the dogs out and basically having a bit of a jolly.
I've got a couple of shorts (flash/ drabble pieces) ticking over in the back of my mind that I want to tease out, and yesterday I had (what I thought was) a great first line. (Bathtime is just full of inspiration!) So that's all jotted down and waiting for continuance.
I have had great difficulty reading in the last couple of weeks, re-reads or new books. I just can't concentrate. Where I have managed to read a couple, instead of taking me 2-3 hours as per usual, I've been taking 2-3 days. And not caring! It's just not right. I hope I'm not going through another down phase. The last one lasted for about three months and it was awful - I didn't read anything, didn't buy any new books. Maybe my brain just needed a rest, but it was quite - distressing is too harsh a word, but it was along those lines. (Although, one book I did manage to read was Ray Bradbury's Zen in the Art of Writing[1877741094]. Lots of mini-essays & very good).
I shall visit my papa this weekend, so perhaps the quiet at his house (and lack of interruption) will help. We shall see.
Enough whining! The sun is out. I'm off this afternoon, and there is work to be done.
Hej, hej.
On Nano: Nothing - it's still in my locker.
Mood: Lergified (again!), but relatively positive!
Enjoy your break :)
ReplyDeleteThanky kindly!
ReplyDeleteYes, have a great time. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat's the story with the great first line going to be about?
Faeries and dead people!
ReplyDeleteOr not. It's sort of going to be about the perils of doing work experience as you don't always know who (or what) you'll be working for.
That's in my notes ticking over at the moment while I work on a story about hungry trees!