Lazy Writer

In my last post I talked about finishing a big project that occupied my time for around 6 weeks. It was a great relief to finish it and be able to move on to something else. The problem has been, move on to what?

I have dozens of “work-in-progress” projects, not to mention short stories in various states of completion. I also haven’t written any new poetry outside of what I did for the book project. I have a humor blog, Cosmic Overdrive, that I had made a goal of updating more often this year, at least twice a week. There are contests I would like to enter, anthologies I would like to submit to: my plate is littered with cold, half-cooked meals I need to get to work on. I haven’t even mentioned my novel which has taken a back seat the past few months to other things.

Moving on to new ventures should not be a problem then, right? Pick an idea and go! Except, I haven’t been going anywhere. I’ll sit down and do a little editing on a story, or post something to the humor blog. I’ll add to my voluminous notes on various plans, but I’m missing motivation.

The book project was exciting. I dove into it head first like an Acapulco cliff diver. I put so much energy into it that now with it finished, I’m drained. I think about all the things I want to accomplish, all the projects I want to finish, but I’m not taking action.

I’m in a lazy, unsure-of-myself place at the moment. My confidence has also been shaken by a spate of rejections the last two weeks. I need to keep searching for something to bring me out into the light so I can get back to writing about the darkness.