The Sentence Is All My Own

I am battling writer's block. I have several articles I'm trying to work on for submission and I am questioning every word I type and then solving it by erasing it all. In case you were curious? Less effective. I just can't seem to get my fingers to embrace the right words and I'm stumbling across the keyboard drunk, instead. I feel like I'm trying too hard to be witty and clever. Everything is feeling forced and I'm nostalgic for days where words seemed to flow. Discouraged is the word of the day.

I walk away from the projects and let them rest. I take a little time off and daily stuff finds a way to keep me from going back. I work on other things (cooking, jewelry, etc) to get a different part of my brain working. I google "writer's block cure" and find a site selling something for sleep apnea. Not really what I was after... I websurf. I watch T.V. I do more research and listen to a lot of music. Nothing seems to help.

I know I'm overlooking something that would fix this. I feel like I should know what's causing the block. It's usually something simple with me: a project I don't love or negative self-talk (usually that one) or I'm bored. It's just finding the cause and setting it straight. I'm sure I'll get there. Eventually. Or...

"Writer's block is far more commonly found in the presence of too much, not too little will."
- Victoria Nelson

Yeah. That's gotta be it. Clearly I just have too much passion in me. Who knew? (Or...maybe not.)

The Moral of My Life Wrapped Up in Sexy Shoes

Last month I found a pair of shoes online. They were the perfect shoes: orange satin, four inch heels, on sale, 20% off and beautiful. I put off ordering them because I wanted to make one big order and I couldn't decide what else to get. This past weekend I noticed they no longer had their 20% off promo going, but they did have free shipping. Not as great, but still. These shoes were worth it. My goal was to narrow down my order this week. Yesterday their promo changed again. This time it was 20% off AND free shipping. Yipee for waiting! I mostly narrowed down my cart and then went to bed early to fight a headache. Today I opened my cart, went through my choices one last time (I'm really not much of a spontaneous shopper) and went to deal with a dirty diaper. Two hours later, when I made it back to the computer, the shoes were gone. Completely sold out. They had happily sat in my cart for a month and today - THE day; SHOPPING day - they sold out. Mere words cannot explain my sadness. My sexy shoes snatched away while I changed a dirty diaper. I'm pretty sure that's the moral of my life right now: sexy shoes snatched from my grasp while dealing with poop. So, instead, I got runner-up cool shoes and icky practical flats for winter. But no sexy four inch heels.

I will, however, be checking for the next several days to see if any orders cancelled...


(runner up cool shoes)

No More Words

I have no words today. Just this. It will ALWAYS be a favorite song.