Stone Cold - Demi Lovato

I gotta say this one snuck up on me.  It was making the rotations last year but tonight I really heard it. And now I kinda love it. 

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Indigo is not dead

I broke out Indigo again...I made up my mind to finish this project. I feel completely lost with it but I'm just going to take it one chapter at a time until I flesh out the story.  I was reading the first couple of chapters from an earlier version of it and I always loved the initial impulse.  I think I lost my way because I tended to listen to my writing group's suggestions instead of following my own path with the project.  I almost want to scrap the last version and start from the very beginning.  I did re-read some feedback from one of my readers, Ric, because I knew he read/understood the science fiction component which also went away with all the new revisions.  His feedback made me laugh out loud in the middle of a train because it was so on-point with what I was trying to achieve initially. Anyway, this story will be held close to the vest until the novel is in final form.  I just need to remember to trust my instincts and see where the story/the characters take me on this journey. If they are willing to talk to me again.  I may have severed that link but I'll give it another go and see what happens.
I'm also rethinking the title. I was walking around Barnes and Noble at Union Square today. God, I really love being in a bookstore, its really one of my happy places.  Anyway, I was skimming titles and there are too many titles out there with Indigo in the title. I'm sure I can find something else to replace it...I'll do that last, once i'm finished this project.

Peace,
L~


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Cobwebs

I've been sick with a bad cold this past weekend. It started last week and has lingered on and on.  I've been curled up on my couch and I've drunk copious amounts of tea and vitamin water. I watched a foreign film that was both heartbreaking and beautiful called The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012). The beauty came from the bluegrass music and even moments when the couple was first starting to fall in love. Their relationship is tested when their daughter falls ill.  The story is not told in chronological order which makes it wonderful.

I sometimes miss my old life. Even though it was stressful going from one gig to another. I miss not being invested in the day job. There is freedom in not taking work home with you.  I've been having difficulty connecting to the writing and I think I'm blaming it on the day job. Too much of my brain space is being taken up by it. I never wanted to turn into a mediocre writer who writes as a "hobby". Even the very sound of that word makes me want to hurl. But every year I find myself just a little bit farther away from what matters to me.  Makes me sad. Yes, I can turn back to it and make time. Get up at 5 am and begin again.  It's possible. After all, I'm not dead yet. I am listening to the rain hit against my window pane and I feel time slipping away. I am blaming this cold for the melancholy that seems to have taken hold of me.

Tomorrow the day will be bright and crisp and I will take a long walk to clear the cobwebs.  Here's to a bright morning.

Peace,
L~

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