Thursday, May 24, 2018

The best thing in life

The main character in the Applied Topology books would say it's the exhilarating experience of teleporting through the in-between. Her sidekick would take Churchill's position: "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."
I think I've got them both beat, though sometimes I lose the thread for a little while.
It’s been a somewhat trying couple of weeks. Hence the failure to post; I’m not a nice person when in pain, and something – probably a period of rapid changes from cool to hot to cool, with rain and sun alternating – has given my arthritis new power to overwhelm. It even interfered with writing for a few days, because suddenly it was painful to sit with the laptop in the room I’ve been using and I have had to find a different setup.
So… I’ve been feeling sorry for myself and whining nonstop, until this morning I realized that it was way past time to count my blessings.
During the worst of the pain I couldn’t concentrate enough to write, but it didn’t stop me gazing besottedly at my new, beautiful granddaughter or exchanging funny memes with her mother.
And in the four days since I found a new writing setup, I’ve crashed into A Mask of Djinn full speed and have knocked out four chapters.
That I actually like.
And there is nothing, nothing, like the high of telling a new story. How lucky is that? I’ve got this thing I do that makes me happy and that I can continue to do despite increasing physical limitations. Sometimes other people actually like it too and tell me so. (Two new Amazon reviews for A Pocketful of Stars certainly contribute their share to the present euphoria.)
So, onward and upward. (And pass the aspirin.)

3 comments:

  1. Have you thought of using an app where you just speak and it types out your 'words/thoughts/books'....I can identify with the arthritis pain. I have RA and at times you are physically sick in addition to the pain. Hang tough!!!!

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  2. These health flares can be so discouraging. Because in truth, there IS a level of discomfort and pain that locks the brain and all one can do is grit the teeth or succumb to it until it passes, at least into a realm of tolerable. Diversions as you mention are so welcome, as well as those positive reviews. Glad you have found a workaround to the work may continue while your brain is all fired up!

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  3. I don't seem to be too good with voice recognition apps; maybe I'm too impatient to put in the time training them. Anyway, even with the arthritis I can still type really fast, concentration is the hard part! I'll probably get motivated to use voice recognition once the arthritis gets to my fingers.

    For now... I'm finishing Chapter 6 and forging on! There's nothing like having an alternate world to live in during these little problems.

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