Ooh, sunshine outside! If it doesn’t cloud over and start
pissing down again I can get out for a walk. This weekend has been a write-off
in that respect – windy and wet on Saturday and the same on Sunday but with a triple
helping of the wet. I also didn’t get into the weight-training much and
succumbed to the need for calories. I drove up to a local shop and there bought
hobnobs, Tuc, chocolate honeycomb and chilli-rice crackers. I ate one packet
each of the biscuits, a pack of the honeycomb and two packs of the crackers on
top of my usual meat, veg and fruit. The result of this was a weight climb (the
body retaining water for digestion).
However, I’m not disappointed with myself. I felt quite knackered and it was one of those ‘the body demands’ times. It’s interesting that on the two occasions over the last month or so when I’ve stopped exercising for a couple of days and eaten what I’ve wanted there have been visible changes to my physique. This morning my weight is up compared to the average over the last two weeks, but more fat has disappeared around my midriff and elsewhere my musculature is more defined. But I’m also happy about something else: books!
During the events leading up to Caroline’s death in January last
year I lost any urge to write fiction or to read it. Shortly after her death I only
wanted to watch DVDs or play spider solitaire and subsequently my interest in
the DVDs waned. As I’ve mentioned before it’s as if the part of my brain that
extracts pleasure from fiction shut down. But over the last few months I’ve got
back into enjoying the DVDs and over this last week, after pushing myself, I’ve
read and enjoyed 3 books – two from the series above. This isn’t much to all
you readers, but it’s more than I’ve read over the preceding year.
Now hoping that another push will return to me my writing
mojo.
8 comments:
I do hope so.
Try Christian Cameron and his fantasy nom de plume, Miles.
I am eagerly looking forward to that return, and certainly recognize that such a huge life-changing event is important to process completely.
Hang in there Neal. Glad to hear you're reading again. Have been re-reading the Cormic saga in preparation for Dak intelligence, and sending best vibes over the psychic aug network. Hope that you feel back to your best soon.
Hope the weather continues to improve up your way.
Still very much like summer down here in Auckland, and it fools the flowers and birdies quite definitely. we have had three separate waves of flowers in my garden, admittedly only the one of daffodils, but the camellia tree has blossomed three different times now this year, and it has got another wave of buds coming yet. And the Blackbirds resident in the garden have had three little flocks of squabs, one after another. To my cats great delight.
At least you are reading, I have a stack of seven books demanding my attention.
Though to be fair I am having to read a lot of techie web stuff, which is stretching the grey matter a bit more than I would like.
Off Topic, but you've been put forward as "Grimdark" in the SF category. I concur.
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?46043-Grimdark-in-scifi
Ref the eye ops, had mine done twice, second time was great, no halos, but 6 years later I need specs for reading very close, like in bed, otherwise great, finished the latests masterpiece, thanks so much
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