December 2, 2015
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group
“…so hop aboard the turntable and step into Christmas with
me!”
That’s my nod to Sir Elton John. It’s a line from my fave
Christmas song from 1973, Step Into Christmas. It plays as well today as it did
forty-two years ago. Happy. Upbeat. Downright freakin’ cheerful. Just like the
holiday season…
Every year the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are
like the BLACK HOLE THAT KILLS WRITING. Maybe it only attacks me, but I suspect
it sucks in many, many, many writers.
Forward progress - halted.
Momentum - blasted to hell.
Productivity - squashed like a bug.
I try to enjoy the holidays but the fact that I’m not
writing bothers the hell outta me. I’m busy at work and at home. The only thing
I can do to work around the holidays is plan for the slowdown and plan for
writing time. And once I have a bit of time blocked out on my calendar for
WRITING, woe be on the head of anyone foolish enough to interrupt me.
It might sound strange I’ve had to resort to serious threats
and tantrums just to write, but I use whatever means necessary to get the job
done. Whatever means. What. Ever. Means.
There’s nothing insecure about it.
So Merry Christmas to you - and don’t bother me between six
a.m. and noon on December 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2015. I’ll be writing.
KC Kendricks
http://www.twitter.com/kckendricks