tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post6098436684966912533..comments2024-03-08T15:14:31.312-05:00Comments on Landless: Bathrooms, yes. Novels, no.Tony Nolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-15042862821229221912011-11-23T08:42:19.208-05:002011-11-23T08:42:19.208-05:00I think we all need to form a Funked Up Club and o...I think we all need to form a Funked Up Club and once a week we could decide who is the most Funked Up and let them claim the floor.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-1287113168764828472011-11-22T21:13:53.630-05:002011-11-22T21:13:53.630-05:00Yeah, it's the gray that gets me too.
The fu...Yeah, it's the gray that gets me too. <br /><br />The funk happens. Know you are not alone. I've been funked up since the end of summer, and still feeling quasi-funky. <br /><br />It happens. I'm doing Nano and just broke the 20k barrier. And that's okay. Really.<br /><br />Hang in there. Enjoy your family and friends. Do the light therapy -- and try yoga. It has helped me tremendously with the anxiety and the ennui. Not to mention I can move my joints. Peace...Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110078016784294934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-84841854641076504882011-11-22T19:45:04.463-05:002011-11-22T19:45:04.463-05:00Understood. I have to be careful this time of year...Understood. I have to be careful this time of year too, lest life sneak up behind me and cold-cock me with the S.A.D. bat. Just knowing it's a possibility can help a lot, but I have to be aware of it.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-87388444521667215822011-11-22T19:29:55.941-05:002011-11-22T19:29:55.941-05:00I don't like being human, with human frailties...I don't like being human, with human frailties and limitations. I should be able to do everything, everywhere, all the time, without suffering fatigue, burnout or loss of concentration. If Mr. Spock, Bruce Wayne and Reed Richards can do it, why can't I?<br /><br />Irrational lunacy aside, I <b>have</b> been in a funk lately, and it's not just being overwhelmed with work. It's the change of the seasons that's making me overwhelmed. I feel so lethargic and unmotivated that stuff which I should be taking care of as it comes up is instead <i>piling</i> up. Why I never recognize this pattern in myself, I don't know, but every fall, I slip into a depressive slowdown, a desire for nothing more than a cave to curl up in and a heavy door to block out the rest of the world. The fact that I'm able to do everything I have to for my job, family and social obligations, then do these bathrooms *and* maintain at least a trickle of writing is, I suppose, enough to keep me from the realm of pure suckitude.<br /><br />Starting tomorrow morning, I'm going to do some light therapy on a consistent, daily basis. It's helped in the past.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-15411814479435845932011-11-22T17:44:30.621-05:002011-11-22T17:44:30.621-05:00And you prove… what? you're human? I'm so ...And you prove… what? you're human? <i>I'm so distracted and so tired, I can't focus on this book.</i> Stephen King <i>et al</i> can afford to get someone else to do the tiling — but I'll bet none of them could write as authentic a scene about someone tiling a floor as you can now. You've been in a funk lately. I wish I knew you better, because I can't currently give you much advice without sounding pompous or condescending.<br /><br />I'm stuck in the middle of the <i>White Pickups</i> sequel, and I don't have the (perfectly valid) excuse of remodeling two bathrooms. I know what's coming next, but I can't seem to get it out of my head and into a scene. At least you're subbing out short stories, that's more than I'm doing. OK, I <i>am</i> prepping a short story for release, but that's as much a dry run for the <i>White Pickups</i> rollout as anything.<br /><br />Writers write, yeah. But even a "whiny blog post" is writing — and it can even be the precursor to the writing you <i>want</i> to get done. One evening, I started writing about the blank page mocking me and managed to transition that into something worth keeping. Only a few hundred words, but it was progress.<br /><br />Hey… by the New Year, you'll have the bathrooms done, the holidays will be behind you, and things will ease up a little. Be the boulder in the creek, let the water rush around you until the storm lifts.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.com