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I'm taking the week off to read and write (and maybe a little binge-watching) and turning the blog over to my critique partner, Kath Boyd Marsh. She's having trouble getting motivated and finding a quiet place to write...
Driving my Writing
by
Kath Boyd Marsh
by
Kath Boyd Marsh
You’d think writing in the Time of Covid would be easy. Plenty of at home time. But oddly it has proved difficult. Focusing is not as easy as it sounds. Okay. It doesn’t help that I have a proclivity for procrastination, no matter how hard my critique partner works setting a good daily writing example.
Ah, Procrastination. There was the summer online fund raising challenge that I took up. Since I am not a fleet deer, hiking three miles a day around our fields took up time. And then I needed a nap.
Probably I should not get up three hours earlier than the Prince Consort/ aka First Husband. The quiet time that should be perfect writing time turns out to be even better for making lists of home projects. Many of which we completed! And naps.
Ah, Procrastination. There was the summer online fund raising challenge that I took up. Since I am not a fleet deer, hiking three miles a day around our fields took up time. And then I needed a nap.
Probably I should not get up three hours earlier than the Prince Consort/ aka First Husband. The quiet time that should be perfect writing time turns out to be even better for making lists of home projects. Many of which we completed! And naps.
I was feeling guilty about not writing when I accompanied the Prince Consort to his Chiropractor appointment. (No, I am not causing the stress that has his back in a tizzy. Pretty sure.) So I took my laptop and sat in the Tahoe to wait. Bingo! I wrote and wrote! It turned out this quiet cozy spot was my perfect writing spot. I could focus! The Tahoe drove me to write!
But the day came when the Prince Consort had another Chiropractor appt. (I’m still not taking the blame for the back or the neck.), but we also had a repair guy coming. The appointment for repair guy was - “sometime between 8 am and the next ice age.” So I stayed home to wait for repair guy. My Tahoe-office drove away. Harumph.
But the day came when the Prince Consort had another Chiropractor appt. (I’m still not taking the blame for the back or the neck.), but we also had a repair guy coming. The appointment for repair guy was - “sometime between 8 am and the next ice age.” So I stayed home to wait for repair guy. My Tahoe-office drove away. Harumph.
I needed to watch the driveway for repair guy, so laptop and I sat in the sunroom. Quiet house. Cozy room. Worked nicely until the cats strolled in. They’d been asleep in the 8 am nap spot and now it was time to move to the 10 am nap space. An invader was sitting in Their space.
One after the other, each of the four jumped up on the table and stared at me, hard. I kept writing. Then they drifted away. I got nervous. Too quiet. What were they doing? Cats are like toddlers; it’s never good when they’re quiet and/or absent. But writing was going almost as well as in the Tahoe so I ignored them.
I promised myself I’d deal with them later. I knew they were scheming revenge for my transgression. Probably involving vomiting in my shoes. Or sitting on my face that night while I slept. Nothing I hadn’t dealt with before. I was not afraid.
Nothing yet.
I am not afraid of the Furry Mob.
But maybe I’ll just waddle out to the garage with my laptop and sit in the Tahoe when it returns. I can go back to the sunroom anytime I want. Like when they’re in their 11 am nap space all over my bed. I don’t need their room. I’ll just let the quiet Tahoe (they can’t get into) drive my writing.
Kath
One after the other, each of the four jumped up on the table and stared at me, hard. I kept writing. Then they drifted away. I got nervous. Too quiet. What were they doing? Cats are like toddlers; it’s never good when they’re quiet and/or absent. But writing was going almost as well as in the Tahoe so I ignored them.
I promised myself I’d deal with them later. I knew they were scheming revenge for my transgression. Probably involving vomiting in my shoes. Or sitting on my face that night while I slept. Nothing I hadn’t dealt with before. I was not afraid.
Nothing yet.
I am not afraid of the Furry Mob.
But maybe I’ll just waddle out to the garage with my laptop and sit in the Tahoe when it returns. I can go back to the sunroom anytime I want. Like when they’re in their 11 am nap space all over my bed. I don’t need their room. I’ll just let the quiet Tahoe (they can’t get into) drive my writing.
Kath
About the Author:
Before Kath moved to Pennsylvania to write about dragons, wizards, and other fantastic creatures, she lived in eight states, Panama, and one very haunted house. Her novels include The Lazy Dragon and the Bumblespells Wizard and Dragon Bonded (CBAYBooks.blog). She has also published three humorous Bubbles and Smush shorts available in ebook. Visit her and the dragons at KathBoydMarshauthor.com.
Author Contacts:
http://kathboydmarshauthor.com
http://Kath-LettersfromEarth.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/kmarshfen
Before Kath moved to Pennsylvania to write about dragons, wizards, and other fantastic creatures, she lived in eight states, Panama, and one very haunted house. Her novels include The Lazy Dragon and the Bumblespells Wizard and Dragon Bonded (CBAYBooks.blog). She has also published three humorous Bubbles and Smush shorts available in ebook. Visit her and the dragons at KathBoydMarshauthor.com.
Author Contacts:
http://kathboydmarshauthor.com
http://Kath-LettersfromEarth.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/kmarshfen
The Lazy Dragon and the Bumblespells Wizard : https://amzn.to/2HndoxM
Dragon Bonded : https://amzn.to/2MMNhhF
Bubbles and Smush: Closet Monsters: https://amzn.to/2mW7OrJ
Trick or Treats: https://amzn.to/2mWjf2C
Dragon Rescue : http://bit.ly/2RpPENw
Short Story included in: Dragons and Witches: Fairy Tale Villains Reimagined: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933767618
Short Story included in: Perilous Princesses : https://amzn.to/2In05gn
Dragon Bonded : https://amzn.to/2MMNhhF
Bubbles and Smush: Closet Monsters: https://amzn.to/2mW7OrJ
Trick or Treats: https://amzn.to/2mWjf2C
Dragon Rescue : http://bit.ly/2RpPENw
Short Story included in: Dragons and Witches: Fairy Tale Villains Reimagined: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933767618
Short Story included in: Perilous Princesses : https://amzn.to/2In05gn
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