Musings from a writer

This morning, when I woke up, my first thought was about writing. (Actually, it was about coffee, then writing).

I needed to write in my journal, and I needed to write my next book.

With that in mind, I made that coffee and went onto the back verandah to get my morning outside fix, then went straight to my desk to write. I couldn't wait!

And drew a blank!

Gosh, I hate it when this happens. I've been imagining writing for the last few days, when I haven't managed to get near my computer. Planning out scenes in my head and writing notes.

Finally, I get here and... Well, clearly my imaginary friends are still on holidays.

Still, I guess we all know that something that's worthwhile usually takes work.

Or another way of looking at it is that whatever is worthwhile doesn't come easily.

I have a list of things that I wish came easily:

• Organisation

• Sticking to a schedule

• Feeling confident

• Fitness

• Weight loss

Does anyone else have these troubles?

A long way into the new book I'm writing, and I wonder if writing ever gets easier? Don't get me wrong, I love it, and more often than not, I love living in these imaginary worlds I create. Sometimes they're much nicer than the one I live in! (There's no COVID in my books yet!) But sometimes writing is nothing but a hard slog, and the magic is hard to find.

Today I decided it didn't matter that it was a hard slog. I read back over what I'd written and found a sentence I really liked... so everything was worthwhile. Suddenly, I'm thrust back into the magic of Dave and Kim, creating crimes and new characters and hearing them talk to me.

Gosh, I love writing!