The weather was too gloriously warm and sunny today to sit in front of the computer and write. And as I've written here recently, I'm alternating between avoiding the blank page and annoying cursor blinking at me and settling in front of the computer feeling nothing but frustration and disgust.
And I've had a few things going on in my day job that have been a major distraction.
Fortunately, I'm settling in to my new role at work and the weather is expected to turn colder, so I should have a few less distractions this week. At home, it looks like I'll be back at it again, trying to determine where to take the story that I'm writing next.
I finished Anne LaMott's "Bird by Bird" this week and "Mathilda Savitch" by Victor Lodato. Loved both of them. Yesterday, I bought Stephen King's "On Writing," which is pretty funny so far, though not terribly useful for writing yet other than a few colorful descriptions of a few selected childhood memories that he recounts vividly.
Later yesterday afternoon I went to the library and picked up "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer. I loved her "Twilight" books, so I've been looking forward to diving in to "The Host." But, science fiction isn't usually my thing and this book is off to a slow start, so I'm not sure yet if I can hang in there for all 600-plus pages. I'll give it a shot.
It'll be hard to concentrate on work tomorrow, with another day of sunshine and warmth in the forecast, but I've got lots to do in the office and "On Writing" in my purse to read over lunch. I'll try to stay on task so that I can leave work at a decent hour and do some writing for my own account when I get home.
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