Hail and well met, and also welcome; welcome to the 11th writing club update. Fun fact about the number 11: it’s only the tenth positive palindromic number, and it will be 11 more months before we encounter our next one (22). Wow.
The weather here has been exceptionally rainy lately, and so perfect for weeding, editing, and savouring moments over hot cups of ginger tea.
I hope you are all safe and that your ginger and writing projects remain free of mold.
Speaking of writing, this is a post about writing. And these are our writers:
Brave scrivenauts, out on the shoals of imagination. Wading through the pools of doubt, and mucking about in the mud of enlightenment. Probably talking with the crabs or clams of metaphor or simile or something, too…
As always dear passerby you’re welcome to join us for as long or short as you like – simply share what you’re working on and your goal for the next month, and I’ll add you to our list of illustrious weirdos.
My dry spell is continuing quite fiercely, though if you count writing cover letters I have been writing up a storm! Haha. My daily microfiction practice is closer to weekly one now, but I’m not beating myself up over it. It’ll come back to me, I just know it. I’m focusing on bedtime reading (60s social sci-fi) and jotting down any odd notion that pops into my head, for when I do start writing at length again.
EDIT Just in the interests of sharing, here’s a little snippet of microfiction I worked on this month. I’m kind of unsure about all of it, but I like exploring the idea of ghostly consciousness, and ambiguous personhood. It’s not especially “solarpunk” but there’s something about it that I just can’t turn away from.
I love the idea of a cute folded mech that loves chili peppers!!
Keep us posted if you find something cool among the 60s sofi! I’m very interested in discussing those ideas, but often the 70y old American English makes it harder for me to read smoothly. I tried reading A Canticle for Leibowitz this last month and despite the cool concept (that was what made me read it), I’ve been very unimpressed by the actual reading experience.
As for the block, I can 400% guarantee it will end as soon as your stressful patch ends, so best of luck for that!