wound
The other day, my wife was petting Zailey and her hand came away with blood. She had found a wound on Zailey's side, right behind the front elbow.
I inspected the wound at my wife's insistence (I'm the main caregiver even though these are her animals). The wound was about the size of a quarter and had a good scab on it. The scab must have broken just enough to ooze a bit of blood when my wife found it. Also, Zailey was not shying away or crying in pain when I touched the wound even though it had taken away skin and fur.
Several theories have been brought up as to how Zailey got the wound. The fence that we share with our neighbors isn't in the greatest shape. There could have been a loose board or nail that cut Zailey as she ran past it at full speed. I don't think that this is what did it since her wound is a chunk wound and not a cut. Plus, wouldn't the leg have been the more likely recipient of the wound since it stuck out farther?
The next theory is that Milo bit a chunk out of Zailey. A similar theory is that Jynx was the one that did it. Zailey does like to play rough with the two of them, so this theory gets a lot of credence. For Jynx to have done it, Zailey would have been in the house. I think we would have heard her yip if the wound was done inside.
This leaves Milo as the guilty party. He was not punished since there isn't any actual proof he did it. Also, there is reasonable doubt since there is the fence theory.
One of my biggest writing wounds is my own self doubt. Even with my successes, doubt keeps creeping in.
Tomorrow is the launch of my newsletter (https://t.co/FzhD9YH82d). Looking at my subscriber list and the low number of people on it adds to my doubt that I am heading in the right direction.
There is no easy fix for my self doubt. I have to remind myself that people want to know when my next book hits the shelves. The newsletter will inform them of that. Also, the fact the people are looking forward to the release means that those people like what I am doing. It will just take time to build the subscriber list up.
All wounds heal after time. I'm not sure my doubt will heal as easily as Zailey's chunk missing out of her side, but I'm sure it will eventually.
P.S. You should sign up for my newsletter if you haven't already. I'm giving away goodies with each and every issue. Plus, you don't want to miss the other things I am doing with it! Sign up here: https://t.co/FzhD9YH82d.
I inspected the wound at my wife's insistence (I'm the main caregiver even though these are her animals). The wound was about the size of a quarter and had a good scab on it. The scab must have broken just enough to ooze a bit of blood when my wife found it. Also, Zailey was not shying away or crying in pain when I touched the wound even though it had taken away skin and fur.
Several theories have been brought up as to how Zailey got the wound. The fence that we share with our neighbors isn't in the greatest shape. There could have been a loose board or nail that cut Zailey as she ran past it at full speed. I don't think that this is what did it since her wound is a chunk wound and not a cut. Plus, wouldn't the leg have been the more likely recipient of the wound since it stuck out farther?
The next theory is that Milo bit a chunk out of Zailey. A similar theory is that Jynx was the one that did it. Zailey does like to play rough with the two of them, so this theory gets a lot of credence. For Jynx to have done it, Zailey would have been in the house. I think we would have heard her yip if the wound was done inside.
This leaves Milo as the guilty party. He was not punished since there isn't any actual proof he did it. Also, there is reasonable doubt since there is the fence theory.
One of my biggest writing wounds is my own self doubt. Even with my successes, doubt keeps creeping in.
Tomorrow is the launch of my newsletter (https://t.co/FzhD9YH82d). Looking at my subscriber list and the low number of people on it adds to my doubt that I am heading in the right direction.
There is no easy fix for my self doubt. I have to remind myself that people want to know when my next book hits the shelves. The newsletter will inform them of that. Also, the fact the people are looking forward to the release means that those people like what I am doing. It will just take time to build the subscriber list up.
All wounds heal after time. I'm not sure my doubt will heal as easily as Zailey's chunk missing out of her side, but I'm sure it will eventually.
P.S. You should sign up for my newsletter if you haven't already. I'm giving away goodies with each and every issue. Plus, you don't want to miss the other things I am doing with it! Sign up here: https://t.co/FzhD9YH82d.
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