To any and all followers or anyone who has clicked on my
blog in the last three months looking for something new, I apologize. I meant
to post at least once a month, but I got discouraged about my writing space; namely the lack there of and pretty much quit writing.
I did try going to the library for quiet space or even a
local coffee shop, but there were problems. There are a couple of libraries
that are easy to reach from my house and one even has quiet rooms. The problem
with the quiet rooms is that when someone opens the door to the one next to
you, they usually don’t ensure that it closes quietly. I’d be sitting in a quiet
room trying to write when suddenly – SLAM! Jolted out of whatever thought
process I had going. So, I switched to a library closer to home and quieter.
The biggest problem I found with trying to write somewhere other than home was
the call of nature. If I needed to use the bathroom, I couldn’t just leave my
stuff and go. I had to pack everything up to take it with me. That was a royal
nuisance.
I finally realized that I really did have space at home to
write, it was just cluttered. I mean I had important papers that I needed to
file, catalogs from companies that I’d ordered from in the past and some I
hadn’t even heard of sitting on every available space in my office. Then there
were all the little scribbled notes I’d written about various things I’d heard
about from other people that I wanted to look up. Adding to all this were
writing magazines such as Writer’s Digest
and The Writer. So, I decided that I
absolutely had to clean up my space no matter how long it took. I’d tried to do
so before, but never managed to finish in one day, so I’d shove everything into
whatever space I could find, promise myself that I’d deal with it later, then
forget about it or ignore it.
When I started, I thought it would take me a month maximum.
Ha! It took me just over six weeks, unless you count out two weeks being sick,
then it took just over a month. There were days when I was so tempted to just
give up, but I kept reminding myself that Rome wasn’t built in a day, this mess
didn’t happen in a day, and when I was done I was going to have room to
actually write. So, I sorted. I filed all the paperwork, tossed the junk, and
found places for the magazines. Then I had to dust. I now have a clean
uncluttered computer desk and a clean uncluttered roll top for hand writing
drafts, journals, etc. All I have to do is keep it that way.
So, now that I’ve done all that work, I promise to be more
faithful about blogging. I plan to blog at least once a month, if not twice. I
hope you enjoy reading my blogs as much or more than I enjoy writing them.
