I’ve been thinking a lot about genre’s and why I started writing, want to write, what’s my motivation and other such topics.

Lately I’ve been struggling with my writing. Don’t get me wrong. I love to write. I’ve tried giving up (okay so it’s really quitting) but I just can’t. It’s apart of me, in my blood, part of my soul. I’ve even been thinking of leaving RD.

And I have gotten some very good word counts lately. Yet it still seems like I’m spinning my wheels getting nowhere. I have 3 half finished novellas - well they’re in pieces - parts of a whole. I have 2 full lengths in various stages. 2 Short Stories and 2 completed novellas. And a turn of ideas running around in my head. I know about lifetus interruptus. I try to write around life, pain and the day job.

Maybe I’m too hard on myself. Maybe I need to forgive myself for not being prolific as some other writers. I know I can write. I’ve been told I have talent.

So the question is what’s holding me back? Besides myself? Timing? Motivation? Luck?

Maybe it’s lack of focus - this blog topic was supposed to be about something else entirely. But sometimes, like in writing, you just have to go with the flow.

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