Hello everyone. Today’s
the first Wednesday of the month, which makes it IWSG time. Thanks to Alex J.
Cavanaugh and co-hosts for putting this on. For those of you new to this
concept, IWSG stands for Insecure Writer’s Support Group, and it’s just what it
sounds like, a support group for writers. And all writers are insecure; I don’t
care what they tell you. We all cringe a little when we read a bad review, all
stare at a blank screen from time to time, wondering if “it” has left us.
Neither of those are
my issue this month, although I have plenty experience with both. This month I’m
struggling with something completely new: with the thought of being done as a
writer. Not done, done in the sense
of the word, as in I will never write again, more like an honest evaluation
thing. For the last two years I’ve only written shorter pieces. I’ve done a few
anthologies and a lot of flash, a couple children’s pieces, but that’s about
it. I haven’t worked on a full length novel in over two years, and while I do have
some ideas floating around (that middle grade fantasy still haunts me), I don’t
have any plans to start plugging away at them in the near future. I’ve got
other things on my plate. Important things. Things I am purposely choosing. Is
this what it feels like to be done? Has
anyone else out there been at this place before?
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