Straddling Two Worlds
I had the blog editor open, I had half written some rambly stuff and was just going to set in the photo when life interrupted me. I had to go play with James’s cute hamster for a few minutes, and when I came back into the room I completely forgot what I was doing.
Then at 4 am, I woke up suddenly from deep sleep and thought, “I didn’t finish that blog post!”
Nuts. Blogging can make you go completely nuts.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying it, but lately feeling like I’ve bitten off way more than I can chew. I’m munching on two big tutorials a week, plus the podcast every Wednesday (don’t worry, I’ll double post today with a link to that), and also trying to edit Mally the Maker at the same time.
Editing is really interesting. In one way it’s easier than writing the book. The words are on the page. Now I just need to make them pretty. And make sense. And be consistent.
I had Mally turning into a violent rage monster in Chapter 2 and that’s just not fitting with her crybaby personality in this book. Part of her journey is to learn how to take care of herself and stand up for herself so that really didn’t fit.
So I shifted the scene so she burst into tears instead. It took around 3 minutes to rewrite and double check it flowed well with everything else, but that required 100% focused attention. When I’m writing or editing it feels like I’m IN that world with Mally.
It’s hard to pull away. I don’t WANT to leave. Can I just pause time so I can dig into this world and not come out for three weeks?
No, sorry, it doesn’t work that way.
So if I appear a bit crazy with one foot a little less planted on this plane of existence it’s because that’s exactly what’s going on right now. I’m straddling two worlds. I love it. I hate it. Give me more of it!
Let’s go quilt (or write, whatever your passion),
Leah Day
