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So, I haven't been writing Fer Serious for all that long now, about four weeks to be precise. Before that, I was mostly message board posting (aka time waster for today's youth). I've gotten several great nonfiction assignments in local publications, and am "in discussions" with a few nationals, and one acceptance for a real-life story in a trade magazine. Nothing too fancy. But I sent out about 30 queries and submissions (1-2 per day, that's right! I was ON FIRE, and it's a wonder I didn't set the house alight).
But for the past three days, it feels like my brain is a Honda Civic stuck in the swamps of Louisiana. I can't think of words, I can't think of ideas, and my writing BORES THE CRAP out of me (and my poor, long-suffering husband). Thankfully nothing's due 'til the end of the month. I have a few pieces I worked on earlier in circulation, but even editing them has been borderline traumatic for the ol' pea soup known as my brain.
Is this writer's block? It feels like someone drained all the gas out of my brain. It's horrible. It feels like I'll never write again, after writing like a freaking maniac on speed for about three weeks.
I swear, I'm not bipolar. I think. Maybe I'll get back to you on that.
Oh, and I lost my sense of humor. This is most distressing.
But for the past three days, it feels like my brain is a Honda Civic stuck in the swamps of Louisiana. I can't think of words, I can't think of ideas, and my writing BORES THE CRAP out of me (and my poor, long-suffering husband). Thankfully nothing's due 'til the end of the month. I have a few pieces I worked on earlier in circulation, but even editing them has been borderline traumatic for the ol' pea soup known as my brain.
Is this writer's block? It feels like someone drained all the gas out of my brain. It's horrible. It feels like I'll never write again, after writing like a freaking maniac on speed for about three weeks.
I swear, I'm not bipolar. I think. Maybe I'll get back to you on that.
Oh, and I lost my sense of humor. This is most distressing.