As I type this, I have several things going through my mind. It’s hard to concentrate or come up with a good topic for this week’s entry. My distraction stems from two sources. First, I’m getting ready to go to the Writer’s League of Texas’s Agents and Editors conference in Austin and right after I get back from that, I’m going on vacation.
I’m excited about the conference. It’s always a great opportunity to meet and talk to other writers. I’m also a little nervous about it, too. I’ve worked on my pitch and have it memorized. The meeting with my first-pick agent is set. Now I just have to show boundless enthusiasm and sell it.
On the whole, writers prefer a solitary existence to social one and having to network or sell and promote their work is something that most disdain. I fall somewhere in between. Being social is something I have to push myself to do. Then again, I don’t like spending so much time by myself, either. That’s why conferences are a wonderful thing. The majority of the attendees are in the same position you’re in and they understand where you’re coming from.
I’ll fly home afterwards (I’m glad I locked my flight in back in the spring.) and pack for my family’s vacation. We’re not having a “staycation” as the media is reporting many people doing this year, but we’re not going very far, either. We’re heading next door to New Mexico and we all can use the down time.
So, I could’ve written about Michelle Obama’s appearance on ‘The View’ or the cyclists in Manchester, England who wanted to call attention to global warming by bicycling in the nude, yet called their trip short because of unseasonably cold weather. However, my weary, attention-deficient mind won’t let me. Right now, I’m experiencing that mental haziness that comes right before taking a well-deserved break. You all know what I’m talking about. Instead of writing with passion and clear thought, I keep thinking about my list of things that need to be done before I leave.
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