I have things happening, in my life, good things, relating to my life as a writer. Some of these include a new poetry collection almost ready to be submitted for possible publication, the Covid-19 related anthology I requested pieces for, and is getting ready to be published by me. And another thing is the Cosy Murder Mystery I’m writing.
There are issues of the mind, my mind, that have had a little misstep recently, and caused me a little angst, but I’m working on that, and it’s OK, if not fantastic. I suspect I’m too accustomed to my life cruising along well these days, and the little ‘speed bump’ I had to travel over may have ‘discombobulated’ me, somewhat … The rest of my life is looking good still, though, and that is enough, for me, for now.
And one thing I’m extremely pleased about is that I am sticking with my exercise program, and have added a new exercise that I hope I will be able to keep on with, for as long as we have the lovely mild weather South Australia is having at the moment. This exercise is one that really gets my heart pumping!
All of these things are important, so I’ve begun leaving notes about some of them on my calendar, particularly notes about my weight, and details about what exercises I have done every day (if I actually do any, which I’m happy to say I have been doing!)
It would probably be a good idea to look more closely to the actual ‘writing’ part of my life, to help me keep on track with getting everything happening … The poetry collection and Covid anthology, they’ll get done, for sure, but this novel, even though I’m still getting little snippets written, that isn’t adding enough words (or story) happening.
When I had the idea to write a Cosy Murder Mystery novel, and in fact become a Cosy Murder Mystery writer, I get so excited about it! I came up with an amateur sleuth, and a little town for her to solve her murders in, and some other characters too, to fill the town. It all felt so much fun, and I came up with a sizable list of book titles (20 of them), with a little bit about what each of the books would be about.
So tick, tick for that, but sadly, this first book is taking longer to move along than I’d hoped. And I now thinking, is this fact a sign that I’m not committed enough to my new life as a Cosy Murder Mystery writer? Is the idea of it more interesting than actually doing it? These are questions I’m going to have to consider, if I’m going to get this first book written, read by first reader (s) and submitted somewhere.
In the meantime though, life is good, my watched my son doing his sport today, and he bowled well (I love watching lawn bowls!). His rink won, but the other two rinks lost, one of them by a large amount, so he has to play again tomorrow, to keep in the finals. They’ve had a good year, and it will be awesome if they can win the grand final, happening in a couple of weeks.
I’m being more physically active, myself too, and my weight is sort of heading in the direction I want it to go (lower, just a little bit weight to lose …) I’ve been weighing myself every day, too, and I realise worrying about a few hundred grams of weight is silly, so I don’t worry about it.
I do bear it in mind though. I have a target weight in mind and once I get there, or closer to it anyway, I’ll make sure to keep on with the exercises, because they are helping me to keep moving. My medication is too, of course, and the healthy and nutritious food I usually eat. And of course, having a positive attitude in life is an important factor as well.
I have lots of great things, the bad ones are under control, I have good things on their way to look forward to, and life is good!
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 