A Cold and Blustery Day
Dec. 13th, 2022 05:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cafenowhereHow I wish it would snow. Instead we had another gray day, this one marked by rain and sleet and wind. At least our Christmas tree is up and decorated. I went with a blue and silver theme again. When the white lights are on, it's somehow glitzy and cozy at the same time.
Today was a hard day for writing. I managed to get over 1000 words, but I had to apply some serious butt-in-chair stubbornness to achieve that. It's not that I don't know what happens next; it's more frustration that the words aren't beautiful yet. I know I can work on that in the second (and third and fourth and...) pass, but as a poet, it doesn't feel right to keep moving on. When I was on medication that caused brain fog, it really affected my word association and word play abilities. Now I feel more present and alert, but my pretty word making skills are rusty.
This week another of my editorial selections is up at Strange Horizons: "Let Water Be Water" by Joe Aguilar. It's a short, funny poem that manages to be both zany and zen. It still makes me smile every time I read it.
Today was a hard day for writing. I managed to get over 1000 words, but I had to apply some serious butt-in-chair stubbornness to achieve that. It's not that I don't know what happens next; it's more frustration that the words aren't beautiful yet. I know I can work on that in the second (and third and fourth and...) pass, but as a poet, it doesn't feel right to keep moving on. When I was on medication that caused brain fog, it really affected my word association and word play abilities. Now I feel more present and alert, but my pretty word making skills are rusty.
This week another of my editorial selections is up at Strange Horizons: "Let Water Be Water" by Joe Aguilar. It's a short, funny poem that manages to be both zany and zen. It still makes me smile every time I read it.
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Date: 2022-12-14 05:39 am (UTC)Managing to write over a thousand words on a hard writing day is a victory!
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Date: 2022-12-14 05:39 pm (UTC)You're right. Today, it feels like a victory. Yesterday I was just bruised from beating myself up.
Your tree sounds nice.
Currently the cat is messing with it, testing to see how much I'll let him get away with. He must think it's nice, too!
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Date: 2022-12-14 02:28 pm (UTC)Your poem pick is great! I loved that--yes, it does manage both zany and zen.
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Date: 2022-12-14 05:46 pm (UTC)I've fallen victim to odometer watching. I was curious to see how many words I was making, and then it became All About the Word Count. I should know better--there are all kinds of ways to write a book, and maybe my (and your?) way is to sweat each word and string the jewels together later.
Your poem pick is great! I loved that
Oh, I'm so glad that you appreciate it, too! Thanks for the tweet about it.
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Date: 2022-12-15 04:06 pm (UTC)