Richard Butchins's Blog: Angels stand corrected... - Posts Tagged "hemmingway"
Still breathing but not dancing...
Good Morning
It's actually afternoon, but somewhere it's the morning. So, I am flying to Japan next week which is causing me anxiety mind you what doesn't cause me anxiety. I even get anxious about the fact that I get anxious. Ridiculous.
The thing about anxiety is that it doesn't pay any regard to probability just possibility. So the sun will not go out tomorrow but that's not going to stop me from worrying about it now is it? The entire situation is foolish but the spiny urchin called anxiety; well, it don't care.
I've managed to get to to chapter 8 on my next novel - remarkable - this is the second novel the first is stalled on chapter 11. Now I have no idea why writing is such a painful experience it really shouldn't be but it damn well is - to paraphrase Hemmingway (who'd rather drink than write ) I just sit at my computer and bleed...
It's actually afternoon, but somewhere it's the morning. So, I am flying to Japan next week which is causing me anxiety mind you what doesn't cause me anxiety. I even get anxious about the fact that I get anxious. Ridiculous.
The thing about anxiety is that it doesn't pay any regard to probability just possibility. So the sun will not go out tomorrow but that's not going to stop me from worrying about it now is it? The entire situation is foolish but the spiny urchin called anxiety; well, it don't care.
I've managed to get to to chapter 8 on my next novel - remarkable - this is the second novel the first is stalled on chapter 11. Now I have no idea why writing is such a painful experience it really shouldn't be but it damn well is - to paraphrase Hemmingway (who'd rather drink than write ) I just sit at my computer and bleed...
Angels stand corrected...
I have to have a blog...the site told me, my publisher told me, my publicist told me, and even my turkish barber told me, as he was administering the finest of close shaves. So I thought I had better
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