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| rover in library- possibly procrastinating- in Flamingo jumper |
Before I could get out
of the house this morning to come to the library and get my fiction
project finished off I had to:
Have a Skype chat with
my mother in Australia.
Wish my boyfriend a
happy birthday via Skype and Facebook because he is in Norway- and I
had a chat to his Norwegian buddy as well.
Chat to relations of my
German house-mate who are staying in our flat.
Parcel up and post said mother her
60th birthday present.
So I am reminding
myself not to resent all these intrusions into my writing time with a
quote from Fay Weldon:
'As for disturbances,
some writers thrive on them. For many, if life provides uninterrupted
leisure for writing, the urge to write shrivels up. Writing, after
all is part of life, an overflow from it. Take away life and you take
away writing.'
from 'Letters to Alice,
on first reading Jane Austen'
Nevertheless I am
pleased all my loved ones are far away by riverbanks and snowy
mountains so I can get on with it...**
* title borrowed from a
loosely remembered quote from one of my favourite Helen Fielding
novels, 'Olivia Joules'- Olivia being a journalist prone to
procrastination who gets distracted by shiny things and suspected
Al-Qaeda terrorists.
** and yes I am aware that I created a distraction for myself by writing this blog, but as I wrote it in my head on my walk into town it hardly counts.
I love it Sandy. And you are so right(write..pun). What would people have to write about if they didn't have lives to live and experiences to challenge, excite, inspire their living etc? Keep writing...you have a gift and your words lift the spirits and bring a smile to my face.
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