The Wabi-Sabi Writer

Another writing challenge in the proverbial books  (though I am still waiting for one to actually evolve into that published form).  This adventure was more about getting lost, finding a way, then losing it again and eventually relinquishing all attachment to any bearings. So I will wander this winter - deeper into the wood -  for the trees are waiting waiting for words Again, you're gone Off on a different path than mine I'm...

I have found that whenever I approach something from a place of absolute certainty, dare I even say with a degree of hubris, the Universe (or in this case, the Muze) decides to show me who is boss.  Now I am a beggar in front of the keyboard (ok ok, yes at times on the chaise watching youtube videos) pleading for the smallest inspiration.  It does not help that I spent October in a month long poetry project and not outlining, plotting...

The quest to write a novel... 50,000 or more words... in one month. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) - something I stumbled across some five years ago while attending a coaching certification program, has become an end of the year tradition.  One where I spend more time with words, with characters and the trouble they get into than the people I interact with in my daily life.   It is an all-consuming test of endurance - this...