Covid-19 got me down for a while, so I didn’t get much writing done these past few months. I had trouble getting up and getting things done. But now I’m (hopefully) back. I’ve been writing a lot this past month and figuring life out.
Here are two quotes I’ve come across that help me. The first is by Richard Bach. He is an American writer widely known as the author of some of the 1970s’ biggest sellers, including Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977). This is his advice.
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.”
I guess that tells all writers to just keep plugging away at whatever they are writing.
My second quote I found back around 1987. It was printed on a post-it note and had a newspaper comic character at his/her desk. It has stuck with me for years.
“Out of confusion comes chaos.
Out of chaos comes anarchy and fear.
Then comes lunch. “
I think this is a reminder, at least it is to me, that disorder and stress are part of daily life. It also reminds me that in the midst of all that, I need to take care of myself. I have taped this quote to every monitor I have worked at since then and I still look at it.
Now I need some business. I’m putting this out there to everyone who might come across this blog. Give me a try to be an editor or beta reader for you.
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