A Light Through the Darkness

I'm working my way slowly through Julia Cameron's "The Complete Artist's Way" - it's a very dense book, and I've discovered that even though I read fast (I've read the HP books in an afternoon) I need to slow down and pay attention to this. I'm not doing any of the exercises, not yet, but I'm reading them, and the information is slowly sinking in. It's very Zen, which I'm not, and I'm having some issues wrapping my brain around some of it, especially the parts where she's saying to just let go and let your brain create. I'm a control freak. I have to be in control - I can't just "create." I need plans, I need patterns. And yet, when things really get going, I can sort of feel what she's talking about.

JC Hutchins tweeted something this weekend that really hit home with me. He said, "You can either tweet about writing, or you can write." I've done a lot of talking about writing here in the last year. According to Cameron, that's one of the classic signs of a blocked creative - someone who talks about creating but doesn't do a lot of it. I'm tired of talking about it. It's time to write.

Period. No matter if I have to get up early, squeeze in some time at lunch or in between calls, or after I get home from work. I need to write. I need to create.

Speaking of creating - I've got a special treat for you guys coming up in the next week. irysangel's book Gentlemen Prefer Succubi comes out tomorrow - I've got two copies in my hot little hands, and she's agreed to sign one to give away! So I'm going to throw a contest, and she's going to stop by for an interview. Look for the contest announcement here tomorrow, and the interview in about a week.

Yes, I'm a tease. Sue me. :D