Aching to Write

Getting the Story Down, No Matter What!

Last week, I seriously settled down to writing again, although this has meant making some changes in how I work.  Sometime earlier this year, I did something to my right shoulder and increasingly that’s getting in the way of how much time I want to spend on a keyboard.

However, I found that writing longhand doesn’t create nearly as much of an ache, so I’ve switched to writing longhand.  After a while, that also causes an ache (yes, I’m righthanded), but it seems to take longer to happen and I can shift my position more easily.

So, until we get this figured out, I’ll be writing longhand.  That will mean taking the time to transcribe my work somewhere down the line, but since that’s how I started writing, I actually like that.  I find the process of transcription makes me really look at what I’ve written, and becomes a first round of polishing my prose.

The achy shoulder has slowed down my work on the new e-book of The Buried Pyramid, but I’m getting closer to having a new version.  Last week, I put the front matter together.  This week I hope to write the “extra content” afterpiece.  Then there’s one other job to do, one that doesn’t need to be done on a computer!

(If you’ve read the book, you may even guess to what I am referring.)

Meanwhile, here New Mexico, we’re shifting to autumn temperatures.  After this summer’s long period of temperatures over 100 F and often over 105 F, this is a real relief.  Our garden is doing a little recovering, probably too late, but we’re enjoying every bit.

Now, off to gather up my pens and notebook and start writing!  Catch you in a bit…