had considered further taking a sabbatical from public life, shutting down blog, blacking out the windows of the house, maybe pulling a howard hughes and such. but this annoying friend of mine keeps saying things like, "don't isolate yourself, don't do it!"
so irritating. have several friends like this, it's awful. won't allow me any self-pity, won't accept writing excuses ("keep writing!" "writing is writing"), and definitely won't let me disappear into the void, not even for a little while.
so, i'm sticking around and well, yep, happy to do so.
i'm writing from a hotel in castro valley, california. just taught a few workshops and critiqued manuscripts at a very fun writer's seminar here. very good time, some wonderful people i met, and there's little to compare with seeing longtime writer friends -- people who "get you" even if you only see them once a year.
ran across some great quotes at the seminar weekend and thought i wouldn't be selfish, but just when i looked around, couldn't find them. so then was going to steal inspiration from an outline in the seminar handbook (see how trying to be self-LESS led me to stealing. my good intentions always go bad). but then, the quotes weren't really all that applicable once i went to steal them. so hmmm, let's see, seems i should offer something.
guess not.
but, i will say this. keep writing, and keep living.
wait, that reminds me, i did read this today and since it's anonymous, i'm only stealing from the person who had it in email.
“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.”—Anonymous
writer infusion, some great vietnamese food, a nice glass of cab, and some stolen words of wisdom. not bad for a day of crime.
and thanks be to GOD for annoying friends who won't let us go. amen
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A writing friend of mine, Paula, suggested that I needed to read your book Salt Garden. I've been a hermit (almost) for many years. God is forcing me out of my comfort zone this year. There are days that I dearly want to go back to being a hermit but I also have those annoying friends that won't let me.
I had heard of you and your books but have not had the pleasure of reading them. I'm now on the lookout for your book sense Paula told me the main character is a hermit and that I would really learn from it.
I think one thing I really love about being a writer is because it allows me to continue in my hermit ways.
I've gone back and read several posts in here and just want to say that they have really blessed me. You have really blessed me. I don't know what the cause of you wanting to be hermit is but God is there with you even in hermithood. Be blessed today.
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