Inside the Maze 12/18/09
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on December 18th, 2009 in Inside the Maze.
Writing around the web this week:
Tis the season for celebration… and angst; for hustle and bustle… and unrealistic expectations. If you live with chronic illness, you might want to push Norman Rockwell and Martha Stewart aside and work on having Healthy Holiday Expectations.
If you sometimes feel like a mere bystander in your own health care, it’s time take control. Health Care Self-Advocacy: Be the Squeaky Wheel.
Have you heard about Care2’s new Butterfly Credit Program? It’s a simple way to earn credits that can be turned into good deeds. You can lend a helping hand to others without putting up a single penny. Find out how you can take 20 Seconds to Save a Child’s Life, or How to Get Soap from a Butterfly.
The most intimidating thought to a writer is that it really has all been said before. Whenever I find myself on that train of thought, I remind myself that it hasn’t been said my me — in my voice, backed by my emotions and life experiences. It certainly hasn’t been read by everyone, at least not yet.
My own writing project has been stalled for several months, as I tried to sort out what I was writing, why, and for whom. I showed bits and pieces of this work to a select few, then retreated into a sea of busy work. Prompted by my son, I decided to dust off the manuscript and take another look.
With great trepidation I shared my opening chapter with an online writing friend — someone I’ve never personally met and who would have no interest in telling me anything less than the truth. It was only chapter one, but his critique gave me the courage to revisit this work and the nerve to show it to my husband for the first time. His comments were also encouraging.
The busy work shall continue through December, but in January I’m seriously considering locking myself in a room, sans the internet, and getting this thing done. That sounds like a new year’s resolution in the making.
I won’t be ruminating next Friday, Christmas Day, so here’s wishing you and yours all the best now and in the new year.
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