I re-started taking my medication to prevent headaches, which I take at night before bed. After six months or so without taking it, it's been a big adjustment to get used to the drug again. I've had no headaches, but I've been exhausted.
I've gone to bed every night this week long before my usual 11 p.m. bedtime without getting any writing or editing done. And that stack of books piling up, waiting for me to read them? I've made no dent in them either.
However, I started reading two books recently (mainly during my lunch break at work) that couldn't be more different. The first is young adult science fiction called "Feed" by M.T. Anderson. The second is an adult novel called "The Writing Circle" by Corinne Demas.
"Feed" is about a teenage boy who meets a girl who wants to fight the constant "feed" that runs through everyone's heads -- it's like constant advertising, TV and instant messaging enabled by a chip implanted in the body.
"The Writing Circle" is about an eclectic group of writers and their fears, insecurities and shenanigans with each other. So far, there's a divorce and an affair, jealousy and envy, successful and unpublished writers. Everything you might see in any writing group, I suppose.
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