Tag: life
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A Six-Month Plan
Last year, by September, I had completed six separate drafts. That’s six stories. Two novels; three novellas; one middle-grade book. Six. That’s a lot. And while I have those six stories waiting to be reviewed, revised, edited, and/or rewritten, I am trying to press forward once again to write more fiction outside of that revision…
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The Slow Climb
Three is the start of a streak. As of yesterday, I’ve written fiction three days in a row. Three days is a streak. Each day I’ve written a little more than the day prior. And overall, I’ve written in general every day since the 10th of this month (September), including today. And for me this…
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Finding Value
Why do we do the things we do? Are we pushing things to an end? What is that end? Are we responding to our ego? Are we responding to fear? Anxiety? What is driving the decisions we make? These questions and more have been gnawing at me these last few weeks as I’ve been struggling…
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Writing
Writing is hard. I’ve never said it was easy, but damn, sometimes it is really tough. Frustration is a constant companion along with the general anxiety that permeates my life (and I am sure the life of many writers). I am definitely going through a period of time that I am having more trouble writing…
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Time Unrelenting
Tick tick. Time continues to march on. Even as I stand there with nothing to do, it continues forth. Unrelenting in its march forward through the ages. Each day passes on becoming another addition to the past, to days no longer in reach but for memory. Tick tick. Sometimes I feel the pulse of it…
Jeremy C Kester 