on the power of showing up
note: I wrote this post in April of 2019 (pre-COVID). It's been sitting in my drafts for quite a while, but I think it's time for it to see the light of day. It's been helpful for me to reread over the past few months, especially as I continue to try to make an effort to write, and I hope it can be helpful to you, too. i got an invite to a writers' group a few months ago, and i had never felt like more of a fraud in my life. it had been months, if not years, since i'd felt like a writer. the proverbial well of words in my heart had dried up, it seemed, and i wasn't sure if it was ever coming back. i agreed to go out of a sense of helplessness—i'd identified as a writer ever since i could remember. if i'm not a writer, who am i? i told myself that it was important to show up and act like a writer even when i didn't feel like one, because even though i hadn't been writing, i reassured myself, i still was a writer. but sometimes the words f
Ello! :D Having read your blog for a while, I've picked up that you like The Lord of the Rings. (But, then, how could you not?) Anyway, I thought you might like the latest post on my blog; it's a parody song that covers the entire LOTR trilogy.
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I'd love to have you check it out. :D
BAHAHA. Just left a comment. I loved it. Thanks for sharing. :)
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I love your blog name!! Lovely Narnia ref... I just started a Bookish-blog! Check it out? http://plottingertwist.blogspot.com/
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ReplyDeleteI'm Riddhi and I read some of your posts. Needless to say, they are great.
I have a blog of my own. Here:
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Please visit sometime.
I would also like to ask if you allow guest posting. Pretty please with sugar on top?
I have material ready and waiting.
What are some good funny parodies or funny songs on youtube ?
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Hey, Sky, I really REALLY want to follow your blog but I don't like following via Bloglovin'. Is there any way to follow just by email? Thanks ^^
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa! Yep, on the sidebar just under the "Bloglovin'" widget, there's a "Follow by Email" widget. :) I hope that helps! Let me know if it doesn't.
DeleteOh, I see it now! THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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