It was a dark and
stormy night. No, seriously. It was. Monday evening's downpour resulted in not just
flooding, but the power went out for several hours, and for some, days. If you
don’t know what I’m talking about then you can look at these pictures and read
all about it here:
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| Union Station under water |
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| Damaged roadway from the flood |
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| When trapped on a highway in a flood, what do you do? |
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| Commuter train caught in the flood. |
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| It took 7 hours to rescue the 1000 or so passengers. |
Crazy, intense day, right?
But life is nothing
without struggle and even though June has been a month of months when it comes
to being out of balance in my tiny portion of the universe and July has shaped
up to be little different—that storm being the icing on the cake (I hope)—I
have somehow managed to not drop the ball. Not completely, anyway. I’ll call it
juggling super slow instead :)
It’s true, writing and
creative endeavours have, out of unfortunate necessity, been the lowest peg on my
pole of priorities as of late. But even
when I became so exhausted from keeping-things-running at my day job as to vomit
one sunny afternoon, I have not quit thinking about my story and the plight of
my characters. It is also true that thinking about writing and actually writing
are not the same thing, but thinking about what you want to write about at
least keeps the story in your mind and percolating like delicious coffee, ready
to be sipped when you get the stray moment to put your feet up and jot down a
word or two. And I have jotted down a word or two. Not that they make much sense
at this point, but jotting is better than not jotting when it comes to words
and writing. Making sense can come later when I have more time. And *excited grin* I printed
off the first 90 pages of Tin Heart and gave it a read through, thinking that
if I could not write, because I didn’t have the brain-space available, I could
still read and edit. I have to say it’s so nice to actually see the book as a
thick wad of paper, and to flip through it chapter after chapter. Makes me
smile and say, “Great…now we just need the rest. GET IT DONE!”
So, with that in mind,
I’m off to let my fingers do the talking and GET IT DONE. You never know when another storm will hit.
Thanks for stopping
by!
~Kate
Sorry to hear about the flooding! Hope the water has receded and the clean up is well under way. How horrible.
ReplyDeleteOn the flip-side, how wonderful for you to see how much progress you are making. Because you are, even though sometimes not as much as you would like. You'll get there. With a fab story. ;)
Yes, clean up is going fine and as there was no loss of life, all is well. Gave us all much to talk about at the office water cooler though ;) Thanks for your encouragement. I'm hard on myself and impatient to get this book done. But thanks for all your help and support and for stopping by the blog. It is very much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteAhhh. Sometimes printing off and reading an actual page is very different from reading it on a screen. It does make your progress feel much more real, doesn't it? Good job. And good for you, keeping your brain in the game. :)
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