February Update - Writing is Like... Really Hard, OK?

I know, I know.

It's been months, and there's been absolutely no word from me.

Friends and relatives keep asking me if I'm still working on this book. My mother's friends are asking her if I'm still writing this book.

And I am - just very very slowly.

I believe that I mentioned this in the last blog, but I started a new job in September and it's been knocking the hell out of me. Really and truly.

I'm meant to manage the laboratory, except that didn't get finished until mid-October. That was fine, because I needed to be trained and all, but if you notice, it's February.

So, what have I been doing that's so hard that I can't write anything?

Marketing. Which I must admit that I don't love. It's better than doing nothing but stare at the walls all day, but not by much. I don't like it because I don't really understand it.

There was also a brief period where the owner of the company found out that I wrote novels in my spare time and he told me that I was going to write his book as well (and was then a little offended when he found out that I didn't want to do it). Could I have done it? Probably, especially as I didn't have anything else going on at the time, but he wanted me to do it on top of setting up the laboratory outside of work hours, which would mean I would have to go to his house and I really didn't feel comfortable about that.

He also wanted the entire memoir written in point form, so there's that.

I'm trying to reorganize my life so that I do fun things after work. For a while, the book and the blog were my entire job because I didn't have anything else. I'm trying to reconnect with things that I enjoy, which is why I signed up for a yoga class and why I will be taking archery for five weeks in the spring.

And yes, I will be working on the book. I'm trying to train myself to write a few words when I get home from work instead of sitting on my couch and zoning out to Netflix immediately.

I love this book and these characters and I really want to get it written and published. And to do that, I know that I need to actually write it. I can't just invite you all into my brain to experience the story the way that I envision it. I need to put fingers to keys and just go for it.

Thank you for your continued support and patience. It truly means the world to me.

Bisoux,

Tori

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