Between Books #amwriting #writing #GoingInsane

I'm happier when I'm writing.  I get antsy when I'm not.  I have many things in my life I love and devote myself to, family, friends, church, my martial arts (without which I'd be in a padded room).  But I need my writing.  "Between books" is a state I work towards.  I aim for it.  Can't wait for it.  Because it means I've finished my work in progress.  My "baby" is fully grown and all I have to do is sit back and admire it.  "Between books" is when I'm supposed to be reading.  I love reading.  But it's not writing.  It usually takes me a few books to get out of my "editing" mode, so I can get into someone else's world, flow with their "voice", become a character not of my making.  Five books later--maybe a week, considering "between books" is also when I cook, clean and do errands I put off until my work in progress is done--I tend to relax into my books and can enjoy myself.

Not this time.  It's frustrating me.  Maybe I'll read Linda Howard's "Prey".  That will jump-start me out of this "not writing" funk.

Tomorrow I'm going to begin a new book.  I have to.