Back again

It's been nine months since my last entry. I haven't blogged since I started back at work in November last year, but that's ok. It turns out that I've been unwell, too. I won't make this into an ill-health blog; but it's good that the GP has identified the illness and I've started on medication that's making some head way.

I'm reading a wonderful book at the moment:

Writing from the Inside Out: Transforming Your Psychological Blocks to Release the Writer Within by Dennis Palumbo

The title sounds as if the book could be more technical (and possibly academic) than it is. The book is really about the psychology of writing: what makes us write? What helps and hinders our writing? What are useful ways to think about writing?

I like Palumbo's approach a lot. He's a straight talker. He cares about the writers he helps in his counselling practice. He's also a practicing writer, so he's practicing what he's recommending.

What got me out of bed early today was simply, "Writing begets writing."