Archive for November, 2010
Last Monday marked a milestone in our lives and started a new chapter for us with the birth of our son. It was an awesome experience, and we feel truly blessed.
Well before his birth, and during this past week of getting used to one another and a whole new way of life, I’ve been contemplating what I’d like to do with this blog… Whether I’ll be able to continue in the same way, or even devote the time a daily blog needs. And honestly, I still don’t have an answer to that question.
I’ve also wondered about the direction of this blog…as my focus is now encompasses a whole new reality and set of concerns. It’s a question of balance, and finding my way. Not something I can answer today, or even tomorrow… but something I am working towards.
–Sue
November 15th, 2010
The media world is abuzz (and rightfully so) over a case of not only blatant plagiarism and unbelievable chutzpah.
In response to being called out on her crime, an editor replied to the writer she stole from with such sheer disregard it was disgusting. The disregard was not only for this specific writer, but for all writers, when the editor claimed that not only should she (the editor) get paid for “editing” this writer’s piece (and being “lucky she didn’t just put someone else’s name on it”), but that she has other young writers writing for her, and “ALWAYS for free”.
When did this become acceptable? To have someone do an honest day’s work, and put in an honest effort, to get nothing in return? I’m sure this editor doesn’t work for free, and I’m sure others who are involved in the magazine’s production get paid. So why wouldn’t the writers, who provide the content and for whom there wouldn’t be a magazine without their work and contributions, get paid?
It makes me wonder how much regard we have for writers and how much words are really worth.
–Sue
November 5th, 2010
These days, I’m realizing day by day, even minute by minute, just how valuable time is. I spent today doing a lot of work… what normally takes me a few days to do, I did in one day.
Was I just not being productive before? No, I don’t think that’s it… I think it’s more a matter of time being a luxury. One only realizes what a luxury time is when it is limited… as is the case with any luxury.
I’ve also come to realize how powerful it is to “make time” for something… and how much effort and persistence that really takes.
It’s amazing when having less makes one appreciate something so much more.
–Sue
November 4th, 2010
There’s the old saying “Art imitates life…” but I think in having written the last scene in my play, life will, if not imitate, be inspired by art.
When I was conceiving the scene, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to write it because I hadn’t fully gone through the experience yet, but once I realized that I’ve been working towards something similar in my own life, and had by that point done a lot of research as well, I realized that I could imagine how the scene would go and still have it ring true.
Hopefully, it does. And hopefully, I can draw strength from that scene for my “real life” upcoming experience.
–Sue
November 3rd, 2010
Sometimes, when you’re used to creating worlds from thin air, you get used to having a good bit of control (or at least thinking you do), and a hand in planning and crafting how things turn out. But the way things turn out in the real world can be and usually are very different.
The universe has blessed me with a humbling lesson in letting go and the art of surrender… letting things happen as they will and knowing they are happening the way they should in their own time.
–Sue
November 2nd, 2010
I had been fretting about it for the last few weeks… meeting my deadline for Reflection.
It was yesterday evening, around six o’clock (six hours before the midnight deadline), that I treated Scott to a rendition of We Are the Champions. I had gotten up from the kitchen table victorious. My hand was aching from writing that final scene, and I was tired, but it felt good, really good, because I felt like I’d made it… like I’d pushed through and won!
I’d mentioned (a few times in other posts) that I’ve been working on this on and off for the last ten years. Yesterday, when I was typing the last scene, I realized that it’s a little less than a third of my life… I would have never dreamed when I first sat to write this that it would take this long, or that I would hold on to this so hard, but it’s the first big story I ever tried to tell. And looking back, I didn’t have the skill, experience, or understanding to tell this story at this level ten years ago. I’d only gained the experience to write the last scene in the past month or so.
At this point, I can breathe a little more deeply, and maybe even let out a sigh of relief and release. But now, the real work begins… getting it out there.
–Sue
November 1st, 2010
