{"id":56,"date":"2008-12-17T20:03:16","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T03:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=56"},"modified":"2008-12-17T20:03:16","modified_gmt":"2008-12-18T03:03:16","slug":"nowhere-to-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/nowhere-to-hide\/","title":{"rendered":"Nowhere to hide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to write all of the time and as of late, this hasn&#8217;t been the case. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been trying to ignore the fact that I haven&#8217;t been writing. But, eventually, I have to come face to face with my own&#8230;laziness? lack of inspiration? lack of time? something.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I opened the file for an abandoned novel and discovered, much to my surprise, that I had written over seventy pages. I was pleased until I remembered that I had opened the file before and experienced that same surprise. You know you&#8217;re not writing when&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned to a woman at work that I was going to try to write tonight and I did. Not much, but nothing is better than a whole lot of nothing. I guess that accountability works for me.<\/p>\n<p>I used to go to a writing group on Tuesday evenings, but stopped going when the writing dried up. I think that there is a bounty on my head. <\/p>\n<p>With a few more nights like tonight, I could show my face there again one day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to write all of the time and as of late, this hasn&#8217;t been the case. I&#8217;ve been trying to ignore the fact that I haven&#8217;t been writing. But, eventually, I have to come face to face with my own&#8230;laziness? lack of inspiration? lack of time? something. 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