Moving

I moved this week and am having a time with my computers. That is why I have not blogged in over a week. Computers are beautiful things when they work!

So here I am getting slammed with work finally and having to go back and forth on computers to find one that works properly. My life as a freelance writer depends heavily on the Internet. I never realized quite how much until I started having problems.

But how can I complain? I have carved out this great life for myself and I am finally being reward monetarily for it. I'll figure out the rest because taking the plunge and going full time as a freelancer was the hard part.

The Hurry Up and Wait Part

Sometimes I am inundated with deadlines and I seem to be on the fast track pushing myself further and further. And then the deadlines are met, the editor/agent/publisher has the work, and I wait for remarks, words of encouragement, and publication.

The writing life is certainly a "hurry up and wait" game. The best cure for the blues during the "wait" period is to "hurry up" with something else.

And then there are the days such as today when I have so much work waiting to begin that I am the stumbling block causing the wait. Some of those things consist of filing, cleaning drawers, writing up publicity materials, researching markets — anything but writing.

And so, the question becomes on days such as this one do I crawl into bed with a good novel or do I begin my next one and let the other stuff wait?

Or perhaps I'll just take a nap. I'm tired just thinking about it.