Writing Again!

Whew! Thanks to all of you who sympathised and enquired after my health. I spent several days in absolute agony; I wept with the pain. But then the abscess burst. That was messy, but a great relief. It has taken an age for it to drain (it was about the size of your little finger) and it's still very tender, but I can do most things without pain now. Walking is still not much fun.

My wonderful excuse for not writing has gone, though. I can sit down so that means I can also settle to write. So naturally I haven't done any in the last couple of days!

I feel I've wasted time, so I'm going to go over all my characters now that Janie has given us an interesting article to read. Then I'll splurge into writing this weekend. Promises, promises...

Writing can be a pain . . .

Well, it can if you've got the problem I have. How can I put this delicately? (Should a writer be asking such a thing?) I have an abscess. In the groin. It is THE most painful thing EVER. I can't sit, stand, walk or lie down without excruciating pain.

They say you should write what you know, so I guess next time I want to put my villain out of action I shall give him or her an abscess in just such an area! I would never do such a dastardly thing to my main character. Well, maybe never.

How good to read all your comments and see that I'm not the only procrastinator in the world (whew!) All I need to do now is find other ways to persuade myself to actually write.

As soon as I can comfortably sit again I intend to do some writing AND tell you in this blog what I've done. There, I've said it. Now I'll HAVE to follow through - LOL!

Introduction time

Hey, isn't this a great procrastination tool?

As a creative person, I'm always trying to come up with new ways to procrastinate, especially when I can trick folks into thinking I'm writing. Well, blogging is writing, right?

I'm currently writing a romantic suspense novel. I've never written a novel before, so this is a big learning curve for me. This novel has been ... um ... maturing over several years. I've lost count of the number of times I've tried to outline it. I even did a short synopsis and six chapters. But I can't use those now because the story has changed so much it's unrecognisable from my initial scribblings.

Since doing some of Janie Harrison's workshops, I've come a long way and am actually excited about the story again. Even I can tell that my writing and my plot have improved.

Oh, you probably wonder who I am! I'm Elaine, single, English and :::whisper::: over 40. As well as writing, I enjoy papercrafts (greetings cards mostly) and it's great to turn to that when I feel blocked with my writing.