Another awesome writing day in spite if pain

In two days I wrote 8500 words using spiral notebooks, several different colored pens and Dragon. That was the best total  since August. It feels wonderful. It's so nice to finally be writing Sam and Patty's story. It's been an interesting time of reflection, and I've learned a lot. One of the big things I learned was that I tend to whine a lot and whining doesn't solve anything. My friend Linda wrote her book about a girl going blind while she herself was experiencing major sight problems because of MS. She didn't realize it was MS when she first started writing the book, but by the end the doctors had told her what the problem was. However that book went on to win the National Reader's Choice Award and several other awards. Linda didn't let going blind get in the way of the story. I should've learned a lesson from her. I'm glad I learned a lesson from one of my editors. When what you're used to doing doesn't work, you've got to find another way to do it. Writing is what I want to do. I can't let injury or illness or feeling bored or whatever stop me.Since I changed to this way of writing, I haven't been nearly as distracted. I think I actually get more words down using handwriting and Dragon then I did on the computer. Lesson learned.