June 1, 2016The Insecure Writer's Support Group
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I think the scariest thing I’ve experienced since being
published was the dry season at the beginning of this year. For the first time since 2003, I seriously
considered pulling the plug on my writing career.
The timing to take that action was perfect. Amber Quill
Press had announced it was closing. This meant all but one of my KC Kendricks
books would be going out of print. I could pull my one indie release, take down
the KC website and fade away. It was tempting beyond measure.
For two weeks I did nothing related to writing. I played on
the computer and kept in touch with friends, but if it wasn’t pre-scheduled, it
didn’t go out. I wanted to know what life could be like without writing, and
the answer was sobering, if not downright frightening.
Fast on the heels of discovering I actually could walk away
from writing, my mother landed in the hospital. It was a comfort to me, in my
heart, to know that if I had to devote more time to her care, I wouldn’t miss
writing with gut-wrenching, heart-rending sorrow.
June is my birthday month. I live with the duality of being
a Gemini. Some folks think astrology is hogwash, and while I won’t say I agree or disagree, I do see in myself many of the traits attributed to the Twins. The
introspection of the last several months has been good, at least for part of
me. I think that in small ways I’m sad my passion for writing isn’t the same as
it was in 2003, but looking at the Big Picture, my dry spell was a positive
thing. I want to write.
Writers weather many storms. We’re in touch with emotions in
a unique way. We have to be to translate them to the page. This sometimes
leaves us at the mercy of our own feelings. If we can step back, look at
ourselves as we would one of our character creations, we might discover the
path we just traveled, and the road to our own future, isn’t as scary as we
thought. Sometimes we walk in daylight, with our eyes closed, and we only think
it’s night. When we discover the truth of what lies beneath our own skin, we
write.
And sometimes we write better.
KC Kendricks
www.facebook.com/kckendricks
1 comment:
KC, been there. My dry spell went on for almost five years during which time everything changed. What's Twitter, Facebook, Wattpad??? That down time told me one thing--I still wanted to write. Life has been good since. Wishing you only good things from here on.
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