tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post2762109243636134118..comments2024-02-12T15:15:51.364+02:00Comments on The Five Year Project: Update DayMisha Gerrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-16145410791356536622016-08-30T23:39:03.509+02:002016-08-30T23:39:03.509+02:00I'm sorry you're struggling.
I felt that ...I'm sorry you're struggling. <br />I felt that way quite a bit in August, and kept gritting my teeth. And then, I decided to focus on a different project - something old and unfinished that "has to be finished" soon. It's for "work" - or at least that weird thing I call work where I teach "independently" to small classes of home-schooled teens who need/want writing instruction once a week. They e-mail me their projects and I e-mail them feedback. It takes a special kind of curriculum to bend to a once a week teaching structure, so I write my own. And this year, I am determined to publish books 2 and 3 instead of just using them in my classes. <br />Anyway, without that drive because of upcoming teaching (in less than two weeks), I would be suffering too. I feel like my WIPs of the fiction kind are just sucking, and I don't feel like I can write about that either for the same reasons you mentioned.<br />Anyway, I wish I could give you some amazing comfort. <br />I think you can pull through this - take a break, work at something that puts food on the table, let the ideas run around in your brain, and maybe another month will have more mind sunshine to it.Tyrean Martinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356604721537744361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-41203695760344393712016-08-30T17:13:22.223+02:002016-08-30T17:13:22.223+02:00I'm so sorry you're going through this. Th...I'm so sorry you're going through this. There's no shame in taking a break when life is hard. Sometimes the added pressure of having to write just makes one feel worse.<br /><br />I'm in your corner.J.H. Moncrieffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045467689291025137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-16545814732190948372016-08-29T19:43:42.248+02:002016-08-29T19:43:42.248+02:00I know what you mean. This weekend has been rough ...I know what you mean. This weekend has been rough for me and frankly I'm glad I'd scheduled Friday's post well in advance. <br /><br />Keep your chin up. You can do it, even if need a break first.JEN Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11223454346963493011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-67799719995227055712016-08-28T21:13:25.758+02:002016-08-28T21:13:25.758+02:00You've been through a lot this year, so it'...You've been through a lot this year, so it's understandable that you feel this way. I'm sorry life is so rough right now. Things will get better and you'll look back on this time as shitty, but a necessary step to the next awesome chapter in your life. I'm impressed you've written so much despite the crap going on. Is there somewhere in nature you can go for walks around your new house? I'm a big believer in walking to stave off depression. Keep on keepin' on until the sun shines again. It will get better. Really.Shell Flowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127004188099765270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-11977286755883207122016-08-28T04:30:09.477+02:002016-08-28T04:30:09.477+02:00Misha, I think it is brave of you to be so honest....Misha, I think it is brave of you to be so honest... I know what you mean about how people don't seem to want the truth, it's not easy for them to handle. I have been where you are, I made it back and forth to work and that was it... writing my thoughts in my blog helped, people didn't always no how to react but at the time I seriously didn't care... I needed to do what I had to help myself get better. I know you will get there too, if you can't write your books, write here... there will be many of us who will be here, we will support you understand when life is not all roses xox Launna https://www.blogger.com/profile/09447311902825477772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-48443104375431056232016-08-27T22:04:33.865+02:002016-08-27T22:04:33.865+02:00Really wish I could reach out across the internet ...Really wish I could reach out across the internet and give you a proper good hug. Just know that there are people who care about you and who are rooting for you. And I've never met anyone as determined and brave as you xxxSpanjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893837904669368614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-7188444219965230792016-08-27T10:11:30.881+02:002016-08-27T10:11:30.881+02:00Find something you enjoy that is doable during thi...Find something you enjoy that is doable during this hard time in your life and do it. Seek out joy as you try to get beyond this sad fog. Just do whatever will help you best and I hope time will help make things better for you.Sheena-kay Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712661419116636671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-9102413574883328282016-08-27T03:48:26.785+02:002016-08-27T03:48:26.785+02:00I've been in that place before. Many times. It...I've been in that place before. Many times. It's rough, but they tend to pass and my writing gets back on track. But those moments suck so I feel for ya.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-87294285422944847542016-08-27T01:05:18.008+02:002016-08-27T01:05:18.008+02:00Sorry to hear that you're so sad still. Don...Sorry to hear that you're so sad still. Don't push your writing. It will come at its own pace. And it will happen. It always does. <br />I know because I've been where you're. At some point in my life, I was too tired not only to write and read but even to watch TV. I could only pace my room and think how miserable I was. It passed. It took time and some efforts on my part, plus some medical stuff, but it is behind me now. <br />You can't force creativity. I think you've done so much in the last couple of years, your brain just wants a rest. Give it to yourself and don't fret about a career in writing.<br />My grandmother always said that whatever happens, happens for the best. She's been dead for many years, but she was a wise woman. Perhaps she was right.Olga Godimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358026814685611301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-71721333544849604682016-08-26T22:41:51.418+02:002016-08-26T22:41:51.418+02:00Sorry to hear about the place that you're in a...Sorry to hear about the place that you're in at the moment. I'm keeping you in my thoughts. Hang on to your grim determination and when the time is right to start writing again, you will. The Cynical Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047491682363507834noreply@blogger.com