Just how can one get past the winter blues? Keeping busy is the best way I have found. It doesn’t always help. I find that there are times that even with the hectic schedule, the push to get everything done, still isn’t enough to get me motivated.
I wonder what others do to fight this sort of fatigue from the bitter cold and grey sky. I would like to be producing more of my own writing. I think many writers suffer from bouts of “writer’s block.” So, how do we break through the insecurities that crop up and plague us as creative people? For me, it has always been forcing myself to write, and giving myself permission to write crap.
I am thrilled to be going to AWP this year. OVS Magazine will be sharing a table with another journal. I hope that being around so many creative, talented folks will help me get the pen moving. Off I go…