I’ve been awarded the “Your Blog is Fabulous” Award by JJ and Nik. How wonderful is that? It means
“Integrity. Commitment to Excellence. Stubbornly Optimistic.” I’d love to think all that is true. I do try, at least. But what this award is also about is obsession. Along with the award comes the requirement to confess to five of mine. I spent the whole day obsessing about this, obviously, and came up with this list:
1. Words. Getting them just right, choosing the correct ones, their sound and rhythm. I’ve been known to keep myself awake writing an unimportant email in my head. And of course, most of all, the words that go into my fiction and poetry and plays. I think about those, constantly.
2. Business. The writing business, that is. How to publish, where and what to publish. PR, facebook, twitter, networking, reaching out to more people and, of course, my beloved blog (even though JJ has reported that blogging is so yesterday, I’m with her — who cares?).
3. Time. Being on time. How long do things take. How much time is left. I obsess about it so much, I’ve written an entire novel about it, haven’t I? 🙂
4. Health. All the women in my family share this one. We obsess about our own health, to be sure, but even more about our children’s, spouses’, relatives’, friends’. There’s just so much to do, will there be enough time — oh sorry, that was number 4.
5. And saving the most important for last, My Family. My husband who I have actually loved for nearly thirty years, my sons who amaze me every day, my parents and sisters to whom I owe so much of who I am (sorry, got mushy there…).
And now to pass this on to five other bloggers: Absolute Vanilla, Tom Vowler, Debi Alper, Lauri and Glyn.
And just a reminder….my last post here asked the question how do you choose what to work on next? I’ve already gotten some fascinating responses but would love some more. So I’ll give you a few more days then I’ll blog about your thoughts.
Now for some obsessive staring out the window….
Congratulations on the award…very well deserved 🙂
I used to obsess about being late (I hate being late) but I’m no-where near as bad as I used to be…Bangkok kind of cured me a bit of that!! The traffic was just so awful that I was usually late for everything…but then so was everyone else so it didn’t really matter!!
C x
I haven’t had a very good day. So much so I’m listening to Leonard Cohen. A bad sign, Roy Orbison could be next.
Thank you for the mention. Its helped. Strange how you did something which supported another person but you couldn’t have known what was going on in their lives.
I also lay in bed writing my blogs.
I love my blogs. I don’t care if they are yesterday. For me its like writing a column for a weekly newspaper.
Hurrah for those who don’t care if blogging is yesterday!
Lovely answers Sue. I get so anxious about being late that I tell small fibs to myself to make sure I’m on time. Bangkok hasn’t cured me yet.
Congrats on the award!
congrats on the award! My obsessions losts would be loooong, endless and embarrassing. Blogging is yesterday? yep, but you get far more writing done than facebook n twitterers!
Carol: Being late…I think for me it’s a lack of confidence thing, ie everyone else’s time is so much more important than mine. I can’t make anyone wait. When I try to be late, I end up being on time! 🙂
Glyn: I;m so sorry you had a bad day. Hope things have gotten better since you wrote that comment. But I am glad that I could cheer you up a bit. It is amazing how our actions affect others even when we don’t know it. Important, that.
JJ; Ha! I love the mind games we play with ourselves!
Helen: Thanks!
Vanessa: Oh yes, so true. But I still do fb and twitter as well. And how much writing have I gotten done lately? Don’t ask…