A lesson learned from John Cleese.

I’m not going to lie; I was in a foul mood today. It happens!
In fact it was the messiah of black moods and I didn't know why exactly, you just know that the world is against you. And the worst thing I tried to do? I sat down in front of my screen and looked at the edits I needed to do. (Bad move Duggo!)
Let's just say that I have never been more grateful that my MS is safely stored in my MacBook Pro and not a soul paper form copy, because let me tell you the mood I was in I would have torched the sucker. I love my MacBook so much, that even though in times I feel like smashing it into million pieces...Oh who am I kidding I could never stay angry at you MacBook.
I actually believe the very message I sent to my brother was:
"Feel like burning my book and climbing a bell tower"
My brothers reply?
"O.K, well be careful"
Pfft...Wise guy!
But as the evening went on and my mood began to simmer down, I decided to take a step back, take a deep breath and admit that working on my MS in this frame of mind would not do any good. So I created in other ways. Listened to some Bon Iver (instant mellow) And worked on re igniting the look of my blog and in the process added page links (top bar) to my website, Music, where I will list sound tracks to my books. I also added a new link called 'Blog My Way' another portal for me, and you lovely followers. It is in its infancy so I will explain more on that project very soon.
So there you go, the day was doomed, my mind was mush and I thought everything I was to touch would shrivel and die! (Dramatic I know) But if I hadn't of been in my black mood I wouldn't have forcibly collected myself and re grouped in other ways. I wouldn't have achieved all the things I just mentioned; in a way thank God I was in such a bad place because it worked out for the better. Tomorrow is a new agenda, with the same schedule for edits but I am wise enough to know that I need to tackle them in the right frame of mind.
Right in the middle of this blog post I received a message from my wise cracking brother. We quite often send each other random You Tube clips, as we seem to have the same warped sense of humor. So when a message came through with a You Tube clip and a message simply saying:
"Thank me later." I thought Hello, what have we here?
What he attached was an amazing, inspiring speech from the Genius of John Cleese and how his take on creativity. I was enamored through the whole thing, because as a writer I could completely identify with what he was saying. I thanked my brother as the clip made me feel so much better. (I guess he really is a wise guy?) 
I have attached the You Tube clip and highly recommend you take the time to watch it, it really is brilliant.
Oh well off to bed to lay on a bed of roses, hopefully I wont wake up lying on a bed of nails? Eh, if I do, well that's O.K too.


John Cleese on creativity.

One of my most prized possessions, autograph of the legend himself!