It’s been a minute, hasn’t it?
And those of you who were paying attention – no, I did not run an article last weekend, and no, this was not expected.
I couldn’t do this without citing one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite all-time writers. I should have known I’d relate to this too well.
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
– Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
Why It Happened
I’d be at least slightly fibbing if part of the drop off hasn’t had at least a little to do with the World Cup, especially those of you who know my soccer obsessiveness up close.
It’s been good action and the US has been doing slightly better than I expected, as well as some other countries who are not traditional World Cup powers. I’m not intending to go to any of these games in person, not even the US ones, not even though the games will be in this country. It’ll just be too much hassle.
In short, tickets are too expensive and I’m not keen on dragging myself all to the West Coast to catch my team playing. Despite everything that would be cool about being there in person, I’m doing just fine watching it all from the couch.
But Really…
I’ve been pondering a few things.
One is, as I mentioned before, I was feeling very self-conscious about the direction of my fiction. In all honesty, I’m thinking that I’m writing my work way too much for my own amusement without giving any thought as to whether anyone might be interested in picking up my work.
As I’ve gotten into two works in progress (one of those being Shadows on the Mississippi), I’ve come to realize that I spend way too much time discussing my fictional worlds and the minutia of those worlds that my stories get lost. This realization has brought my work, for the last two weeks, more or less to a screeching halt.
Part of this is some issues that I believe do tie into this, but because I haven’t fully looks into the matter, I don’t want to get into it here at this time. Sufficient to say that there are ways I think about things that seem slightly different than others. However, I will say I suspect the two things are at least marginally connected. So, I’m investigating it, but be assured there is no life-threatening or other severe issue I’m dealing with. I’m just figuring out, over the course of decades, how my mind works best. If something important comes of it, I’ll let you know.
For now, here on WordPress I’m going to be working on my writing journal (detailing my lack of writing for the past couple of weeks (and then try to add on some others I haven’t posted here recently). See you around.
One Last Item:
And also…
I’ll be at the 11th annual Indie Author Book Expo from 12 to 5 p.m. at the Valley Junction Activity Center. This is one of the bigger book events in Des Moines during the year and I’ll be happy to return there once again.
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