Waiting for the Rains

Getting back to writing is the whole point of the slow winter. I’ve decided to take on a couple of memoir projects this year. I’m also digging back into the Tangle of Mermaids manuscript once the rain begins. There’s just something about the rain and winter that sets the writing mood to cruise control.

There’s a small gap between now and then where I’m trying to get settled into the season; stocking my wood pile, prepping my writing space, filling the coffee cabinet, etc.

In the meantime, much of my focus has been on ‘Seasons; A Family Recipe Journal’, and ‘Heart of the Forest; A Gratitude Workbook’. Getting those two projects on the shelf then moving into deeper creative waters to dig into the novels… and a couple of very heartfelt, human-focused ghostwriting projects.

I haven’t blown Hollywood off, it’s just, I need a break from it. Maybe by Spring I’ll be open to adaptations discussions again. I keep putting off emails and taking space from meetings. Not ready to go back into that just yet. There’s a lot to be said about watching what’s been happening there as the world is melting down, the entertainment industry is fracturing in odd ways. Let it. It will become whatever it’s going to be.
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In the meantime, there are novels to write. There is mulled wine on the stove and piles of mundane contracts to review. May your creative season begin with a whisper and end with a bang.