In case my fantastic amount of inactivity on the net didn’t give it away – I’m sick. I’ve been sick for two weeks now.
When I say sick, I mean SICK. I mean raging fever, clogged nose, cough of death, and generally fighting off the zombie virus from hell.
This has caused four things to happen:
- I dropped out of the A-Z challenge, due to pure lack of energy to click buttons.
- I’ve been woefully absent in cheering on all my friends with their #writemotivation goals. I apologize profusely for this.
- I’ve been horrifically negligent of Triberr. Actually I sort of forgot about it until this morning. Will rectify my absence asap!
- I’ve lapsed into a brain rut where I only have so many good minutes in me per day to work on edits.
Now, if you know me, you realize that number 4 is killing me. When I’m healthy, I can pound out quality edits in a more than timely manner. Hell, I can even surprise myself with what I come up with. Right now, however? I’m having major issues keeping any focus for longer than thirty minutes, which makes completing the edits my awesome agent has asked me to do (and there aren’t even that many!) a slow and agonizing process.
In short – this zombie virus has made me feel like a different person. My only hope is to get over it soon, because I’m not used to being this unproductive – or slowly productive. It’s just not what I do!
Okay – now that rant is over. Thank you for sticking with me.
I’d like to move onto #writemotivation.
I’m really excited for May. I have another 7 days to get rid of this zombie virus so I can dive into May with renewed energy and be back to my old self 😀 Wish me luck!
We’ve already had over 20 sign ups. I’m still curious as to how someone managed to sign up on the March sheet, but I will transpose their entry hehe.
We have quite a few new people on board AND even one person who doesn’t use Twitter.
The Beta Match Up
I’ve not done one of these before, but I’ve seen them take place. I’ll make a post early May listing everyone who is looking for a beta match up. I will try to divide them into specific genres/and or those who are willing to do a wide range of genres.
This should allow for easy reference. Everyone will have everyone’s twitter handle – and we can go from there and start in on the Match Up!
OWFI
May 3-5 is the OWFI conference in Oklahoma City. I’m really looking forward to this. Of course, I never in my wildest dreams thought I’d have an agent by this date, so I’ll be cancelling my pitch session. But I’m still really looking forward to the conference. Going with my local crit group and hoping to meet up with some of my #writemotivation buddies there too!
So basically – I’m here to tell the Zombie virus that I don’t have time for it! I have way too much shit to do in May! HAH!
How has your April been? Have you been sick? Been stuck in a rut? Had a fantastic month?
Let me know!
Oh no! I’m sorry to hear that! I hope you recover from the zombie virus soon! It’s not yet time for the zombie pandemic. Maybe in a few more months. 🙂 But I’m sure the zombie virus will be considerate enough to back off in time for May. Zombies and viruses are nothing if not polite and considerate… right? Maybe?
That’s awful! I will keep you in my prayers. I hope things get better for you and I hope you get feeling better!
Would you like for me to remove your blog from the linky list for the challenge or do you think you would like to catch up with the letters later?
Konstanz Silverbow
nothoughst2small.blogspot.com
A to Z Co-host
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com
Poor dear. *waves magic wand to make you feel better*.
I’ve been good. Got first pass done on TH, sending that out today, then looking over what you’ve done so far on TDP, and then possibly, if brain cells hold out, working on the novelizing. Woot!
Oh man, my April has been a disaster. I’ve been hit with allergies! I never get allergies! But ugh, I’m hacking up a lung. And then my cousin’s wedding… Man. Chaos and mayhem!
I feel like I’ve completely fallen off the writing wagon, bleargh. My A to Z challenge posts are going up but last week’s chaos completely made me unable to visit any of the other participants and now I’m feeling super overwhelmed.
That is definitely not good. Hope you get to feeling much better soon.
Lee
Places I Remember
Wrote By Rote
An A to Z Co-host blog
I hope you start feeling better soon! I’ve found that a bath with tea tree oil, peppermint oil, and lavender oil helps me fight off the nasty viruses (tea tree is anti-viral, the other two just smell good and help you relax).
Good luck finishing your edits 🙂 Have some gentle internet hugs.
YAY OWFI!
I’ve fallen behind on A-Z too, the only reason my posts are going up is because I have up through Y written & scheduled already. I haven’t visited any new participant blogs in the last two weeks almost, between buying the house, family drama (*sigh*), and trying to write.
And then feeling blah this weekend (though I still made it to my friend’s wedding hurrah!).
Let’s devote this week to getting in tip-top feeling better shape for OWFI next week, k?
Okay KT, I confess. It was me who signed up on the March page. My only excuse is a good one. I’m just getting over the zombie virus and my brain wasn’t working yet. I pushed a link and signed up before I realized it was for March. I signed up for May and hopefully I’ll find that page to post.
I hope you’ve been to a doctor – that’s a long time to be sick. I hope you’re already feeling better. Being sick sucks, but try to be zen about the down time and let your body completely recover or it will just slow you down more going forward.
And thank you so much for your sweet comment on my post today. The support of my writer friends has truly made the last two days easier.