Haven't posted for a while since I would have to admit no writing has happened for two weeks.Definitely hit a mid-book ditch there and instead of ignoring that the writing was drivel and pressing on like I should, I chose to judge my work and come to a horrified halt.
So,time to get back on the badly written horse and keep trotting. A weeks trip interstate provided me with lots of visual inspiration (plus a week free of housework- hurrah!), so I'm all fired up and ready to be kind to myself. You should never slap yourself with a first draft. It's just road base- plenty of time to smooth and add layers later.
While I was away though,my local writers branch decided to fold and I may never hear the full story of why. All I know is an emergency meeting was called and I knew I would be away for it. On the day, I was on a train station in Adelaide when I got a call from our president saying they had tried to call me to get a deciding vote but couldn't reach me so someone changed their vote to reach an outcome and that the group was folding! Bizarre! I didn't even know there were any big problems! And we were doing a big dinner with a well known author and all. I think it is so great to have these groups so you can meet like-minded people but there are always problems and politics and at the end of the day, what I think I'd like is to be part of a group like Tolkien that meets up in a cosy corner of a pub and chew the fat on what we're doing at the moment. Any takers?!
