Writing Muse
Last year I let September slip by without notice, but not again. This is Anhinga’s second anniversary. The occasion deserves some notice, if nothing else, for the great American novel it kept me from writing, but also for all the wild and crazy bloggers I’ve met. You know who you are. So in this third year I hope to set aside more time for fiction writing, but still keep in touch here.
Other writers I know are beginning to think that once a writer gets her release from writing anything, she is fulfilled enough. Serious writing suffers. But in grade school I found time to write very bad short stories on a Big Chief pad under a shady bush at recess. While training on the job to be a new mother, I found time to write last lines, 25-word statements and go to contest club meetings. For at least fifteen years, I’ve written fiction to take to my writers’ critique group, though the volume has decreased. Because of this? Probably. So if I don’t post as much this year, you’ll know why. It’s time to send a few things out and see what happens. If this sounds like I’ll be spending less time here, don’t count on it. I’m weak and writing is writing. My muse flutters over this computer and reminds me of the lure and siren call of this keyboard. Channeling James Mitchner, she says:
“I love writing. I love the swirl & swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”
Now it’s time for BlogsDay cake.
A N H I N G A 
oh, the call of the keyboard muse is so strong our eyes are focused on two things, emails and blogs –
it’s all we can do to pass the monitor and not put our fingers on the keyboard. I’m afraid we only have so many years left to write, the big story must be in there somewhere, but the computer is jealous and won’t let me write it, now how’s that for an excuse,
Abbe
Happy Blogaversary, Anhinga! I’m glad you’re going to continue your writing here and else where.
I love that Michener quote. Great find.
Writing rite ain’t so hard. Just compose ten pages a day and you’ll have a 300 page book in a month.
—or a page a day, and I can finish 300 pages in less than a year! Then if one day I go on a tear, I get to take off and go to the beach for a week. You make me see writing in a whole new light. It all amounts to discipline. Your method worked for you several times, so can’t argue with success. I won’t ask how long the re-writes take. 🙂