New life…
Spring is…well, springing! At last. I love seeing the bulb flowers and blossom emerging (although they have given me rather bad hayfever this year)…the buds forming on the trees…the birds flitting around the garden. Everything’s just so lively again. And it always comes as a surprise after the bareness of winter, when it shouldn’t - it happens the same every year!
The other good thing is that I’m feeling more myself, too. As though I’m springing into some kind of new life after a dark and dreary time. And that means I can concentrate - I’m back to enjoying my writing. Tilda #5 is… Well, let’s just say it’s progressing, as I don’t want to jinx it! I’m up to about 20K of very rough story, and I’m not even at the nail-bitey interesting stuff yet. It makes a change, being able to remember characters’ names instead of writing XXX or YYY and promising to go back and check later. And being able to sit for more than half an hour at a time to write means I can really get stuck in. Everything seems to be heading in the right direction.
But in order to concentrate on the writing of Tilda’s last adventure, I’ve decided that this year I probably won’t be attending too many author events. Of course I’ll go to schools if they ask (strangely, this year I’ve already had a fair few enquiries, but no-one has taken me up on them.) Sometimes, you can spread yourself too thin…so I’ll see what comes along but I’m not actively seeking anything. I hope that won’t disappoint anyone.
Self-care is the focus for me now, because that’s the only way I’m going to be able to keep creating. I’ve told you about the wordy side of things, but I’ve also been sewing and painting far more to balance out the wordy pressures.
I made over 100 felt heart brooches to help raise money towards the church defibrillator fund; I aimed to raise £200 and raised nearer £300! And I painted a lot. Some of the paintings were for friends and family, others were simply for the fun of it, or to practise what I’d learned. I’ve been told off for using #rookiepainter on instagram (!) but I still feel like there’s a lot to improve on.
Anway, hope you are enjoying your spring, and that you find some ways to bring new energy into whatever you love doing, too.
