Blah.

GROUNDED.

Have I told you about my dental infection? Oh, that's right, I did. So here's a pic from more carefree times.

Into day two of antibiotics. Slept well, but my energy is still zapped. Tanked up on coffee and made good headway today on the right-brain novel. Got useful feedback from my writing coach and added a fun and frisky character. It works.

Adding a bit of pressure to complete this draft so I can take care of other book projects. No luck finding my original files for MAKE A ZINE! so I will have to input from scratch for the second edition. Blah.

With these book projects, as with so many things, one can choose speed or depth.

Multiple factors seem to be converging to create a more extroverted and sensate phase ahead. Book projects are pending. Re-opening my online store to improve cash flow is likely. (In other words, several unexpected bills have landed in my inbox this month.) So I will push myself outside my comfort zone a bit in order to "break open some new energetics," as my friend Romy (see here) phrases it.

So ... Pose objects. Take pictures. Upload them. Write descriptions. Answer questions. Put things in boxes and ship them. Type lots. Deal with editors. Spend lots of time in email mode. If I don't do the work proactively, I will have it dumped upon my pointy little head. Deal with reality or reality will deal with you ... on its terms ... yes?

So September looks to be a bit more hectic. By then, the dentist will have yanked my dead tooth and I will be over this crud, so here's hoping I'll be up for it. It would be great to have some extra energy.

Not much to report otherwise. Snoopy the cat is much more interesting. Should have taken more kitty pix. Instead, you get me. Blah.

Bill's Right-Brain Novel,
as of August 10, 2007:

48,249 / 50,000 (96.5%) net gain: 1,834 words

 

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Wishing you a beautiful (and blah-free) day,

Bill Brent

[this page last updated: 2007.08.10, 5:12 p.m. Hawaii time]

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Comments

[Jolie du Pre]

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