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November 6 question – What creative activity do you engage in when you’re not writing?

Ummmmmm . . . .that would be everything except writing.

Sewing, spinning, crochet, getting into some knitting, weaving, occasionally a junk jewelry moment, dabbling in video (not very well, but that’s kinda the point). . . The list is extensive.nstead of writing and researching like a good little goblin, I’ve got an activity bag stationed in one vehicle with a crochet project in it, that I only work on in that vehicle (or waiting for the kids, or being forced to attend awkward family gatherings or something).

Like, instead of writing and researching like a good little goblin, I’ve got an activity bag stationed in one vehicle with a crochet project in it, that I only work on in that vehicle (or waiting for the kids, or being forced to attend awkward family gatherings or something).

However, right now I’m spending my non-car moments repairing my rock wall forming the dirt platform for my shed. I’ve not had the chance to routine check and maintenance the wall since May.  I discovered last week that created a bit of a problem, and I’m having to rebuild and stabilize whole areas, which is annoying and demanding (physically, mentally and in time).

Last week I talked all big about just jumping into the deep end and figuring out how to swim with the actual reality of book publishing, and now I’m not going near it. I can argue that lifting and setting rocks snugly so they won’t topple, weighing between 1 and 30 pounds each, is not something that’s easy to just bounce back from after 2 hours of work everyday, but I feel like I’m avoiding publishing.

I can only conclude that the unknown is scary.

Yarn is more predictable, even if I’m wildly guessing what I’m doing because I can’t find a pattern I like. I can frog the crochet work, re-wrap the yarn into a ball and start over with little to no consequences.

Rebuilding the rock wall is scary, because while my shed is stable, that wall is what is framing the  dirt platform the shed sits on. I’m scared my work isn’t good enough to handle the pressures I’m demanding of it, but it HAS to be done. I can’t ignore the results of my lacking attention to chores any longer.

A bit like the publishing.

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