NaNoWriMo

Well, I'm not exactly off to a great start for National Novel Writing Month ... I knew it started November first.  I certainly knew the date yesterday ... it just never occurred to me to connect the two.  And so my first goal, of writing every day this month, is already a big fat FAIL due to my own absentmindedness.

 

Still, I'm going to try and write consistently for the remainder of the month.  I've fallen off, and I don't want the habit of not writing to continue.  I doubt I'll finish a novel, but if I can make a decent amount of progress I'd be really pleased with myself.

 

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

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~Colette

Changes (Poem)

I feel like I'm at a point where I can almost see my life changing, do you know what I mean?  So often you can look back & see where the change started, but not so often that you recognize it at the moment.  Which may be a blessing, because this feeling of looming, impending change is kind of intimidating, for me at least.  I am a creature of habit, I'm honestly not huge on change although there is a whole list of things I wish were different =)

 

Anyway, I am trying to keep myself motivated, not necessarily to do anything different, but motivated just to go with the flow, to not be resistant to the change that is sweeping through.  To not give in to timidity, but to stand forward & become bolder.

 

Shifting like a windswept dune

Changing the key of an old tune

Leading, not the one who's led

Let go of fear & forge ahead

How do you deal with change?  For well or ill, head on or grudgingly after the fact?

 

Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

I know I'm having a bad day when I make a "quick" stop at the liquor store & end up dropping almost $50.  Don't get me wrong, it was only 3 bottles, but they were pretty big bottles - Absolut Citron vodka, Arbor Mist blackberry merlot, and Bacardi pina colada on the rocks if you're curious.

 

Part of my bad mood was doubtless due to the rain ... all day grey & pouring down, making the hems of my jeans wet, making my hair frizz, making the traffic slow ... making me generally grumpy.  Work is hectic also, but work is always hectic somehow.

 

Anyway, I remember a while ago I posted that if I started posting here every time I wanted to rant, I would post a lot more LOL.  I don't know that I'm ranting, more kind of grumbling quietly at this point, but it's still venting & makes me feel a little better =)

 

Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

Holly's Tip - Do One Thing At A Time

This was the tip several weeks ago, and it sounded like a good idea at the time - but I knew & still know that it's something I fail at, in writing & in life.  I have trouble focusing on one thing exclusively for long periods of time.  Not exactly ADD, I mean I can sit & read a book cover to cover if it's something I enjoy & have time for - but at the same time, if I lose interest, I need to have something ready as a backup read.

 

It's even worse with writing.  I tell myself all the time I should be more organized, should do more outlining & storyboard type stuff, but half the time I never even get around to writing down plot lines that develop in my head while I'm at work or driving home.

 

I have been so busy lately it has been a challenge even keeping up one blog, let alone adding this one in, which I guess is my excuse for not posting since July.  But I swear hope springs eternal with me when it comes to this blog because I maintain the believe that eventually I will fit it in comfortably.  Even though at the moment, I didn't even realize that the one-year mark had come & gone until I sat down to write this post ... it was on September 6th if you're curious =)

 

I'm keeping my goal for the coming year simple:  post more than the past year.

 

Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette