Why not both? At the moment, I have two major writing ‘things’ happening. The Cosy Murder Mystery is the most important one, and is coming along mostly OK, with a bit of a slowdown over the past few days, because of other things. The second thing is a poetry collection, with the title of Pond-erings. The title tells you what one of those ‘other things’ is, a major development in our pond, in the form of ten fish,
This pond and these fish have attracted my attention, but I’m going to work hard to get the novel back on track tomorrow, so I can send the 500 words to my reader, (thanks Michelle!) again, as I said I would do every day in January. I was going so well, then for a few days, zero words sent to poor Michelle! I sent fewer than 500 words on Sunday, but at least I sent some more of the novel-in-progress.
And today I’ve sent another 600 plus words to Michelle, yay me! I’m also thinking about a new poetry collection as well, and so am looking at things at our pond to gain inspiration. The working, and possible final title of this collection is Pond-erings and it will contain poems written at, or about, our new pond.
So sitting by the pond, listening to the birds, looking for fish (are there still any little fish down there, anyway?), and watching the sky reflections on the pond, these reflections will be in the collection, and more. I hope it ends up being a fine little collection, a chapbook, so only up to thirty pages …
This means I’m both writing a novel, and putting together a poetry collection, and blogging too, this feels like just the best life for me! I love words, lots and lots of words!
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 
Why not both indeed? The more words, the merrier! I’m exploring the tanka form for my next Poetry Challenge and I’m sure I could find inspiration in a fish pond… 🐠
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I think you’re like me, and you can find inspiration anywhere! Just look, and think about things, and there it is, just waiting for the open mind to find it! I enjoy the Japanese forms, stripped back poetry, not about all of life, but just one moment. But that moment can also refer to much more in life than just the obvious …
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Definitely understand your journey, Carolyn! I began my novel at the beginning of 2014 when on extended sick leave from work. Now, 7 years on, retired, and many poems later, I have put down over 47,000 words of the novel and am hopefully on the home stretch of the first draft! Lots of work to produce something than can be read in a few hours!! Yet we soldier on! Cheers, Shelley
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Thanks for sharing this, Shelley, I didn’t know you’d taken a step to the ‘other side! I think the hardest thing when moving to longer literary forms is that the idea of getting a first draft written in just one day has seduced the poet into thinking they should be able to do something quickly when they start writing a novel! I know that’s how it felt for me.
With my friend Michelle’s help though, I’m getting some more of my novel written almost every day, to send 500 words or so to her, new words written, or previously written bits that happen later, that I’ve finally caught up with … I have the titles, and a short paragraph about twenty books in my Cosy Murder Mystery series, and if I’m going to get them all written, I have to get a move on!
Cheers, it’s lovely to hear from you again!
Carolyn
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