I think this is why authors need to be chased and cornered in order to get their Guest Author articles to me, never mind finish and publish their books LOL 😀
We ought to be writing. We want to be writing. But when we get the chance, what are we doing instead?
1. Housework
If there are household chores that need doing, we’ll do anything else, which is only logical because housework is boring, tiring, and soon enough it’ll need doing all over again.
But when we’ve got some writing time, suddenly there’s an urgent desire – no, a compulsion – to clear away the breakfast things first. And it would only be sensible to put a load of dirty clothes in the washing machine so that they can be doing in the meantime. And, oh, there’s gunk that’s really crying out to be teased from of the plughole in the shower. We don’t exactly turn into domestic gods and goddesses, just furious tidiers and fixers, laden with clean laundry, dirty cups, and distracted good intentions, on our way to…
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I’m kind of the other way around…. I love writing too much, I’m addicted and I can’t get away from it… unless it’s going really badly
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So – your main displacement activity is – Writing! LOL 😀
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Exactament! 😉
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I really do think the dog needs me to take her out!
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Woof 😀
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Oh, dear! There are no cookies in the house! Maybe, I’ll bake a batch or walk to the store to get some!
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HA! Don’t forget to memorise the shapes you can see in the nice fluffy clouds 😀
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Spider Solitaire on my Kindle, in the recliner, watching reruns of “House”. It’s still a Doctor show.
Oh, and right now I’m doing this. But, there are 6 blank art boards sitting on the table.
I really could use a walk!
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Don’t forget the upkeep of a blog DeeDee LOL 😀
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I know, I know! The pressure is killing me! What have I done to myself? Actually I just sat down at my computer to type up some words for the next strip.
But, I’ve had too much coffee and it’s given me the shakes. Maybe, I need a snack!
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Oh great, cookie crumbs in the keyboard, well, at least you’ll get to use all those coloured pencils you’ve sharpened – to dig crumbs out of the keyboard!!!!! LOL 😀
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Cookies! Good idea. I wonder if we have any. You’ll be glad to know that I have just typed up the words for the next strip and I’m going to my table to draw the bubbles. Then I can start sketching. So quit distracting me!
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Moi? A distraction? I fail to see how a 300lb Ape sitting on top of your drawings could possibly be a distraction 😀
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Maybe, Domino Park could use an ape. That would stir things up! Care to pose?
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My little Nephew JoJo is more photogenic than me – see his photo under my posts – he’s advertising his Kids Korner Bookcase 🙂
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Writing is the adrenalin, housework is the Ginko Biloba – it recharges the mind. Kharis Macey
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