Hope you’ve been enjoying a great start to autumn. We’ve had a long run of sunny days and cold nights and are starting to see the colours change in the trees. Lovely. This is my favourite time of year. There’s just something about the angle of the sun that feels right to me. I know that it’s the same angle in the spring, but spring doesn’t come with crunchy leaves and flocks of starlings and fresh apples.
The writing has been muddling along. Not every day, but bits and pieces here and there to make me feel like I’m making progress. I’ve signed up for Kristi Holl’s accountability challenge again and am committed to writing first thing in the morning for 25 days in October. Since, two days a week, I’m up before 6 AM to take my son to band and then get myself to college ready to teach an 8 o’clock class, you can see that this definitely will be a challenge. But, I have so much on my writing plate that I’m considering starting tomorrow just to get a full month of progress underway. I’ll let you know how that goes.
I had a very quiet house last week when both my son and my husband were away. I also realized that absolute silence isn’t my best working environment. I’m on the hunt for some new music to accompany my writing time. I’m really enjoying the soundtrack to Life of Pi. Instrumental music works best for my brain. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
Hope you are having a creative week!
I gather that October will be a busy month, Heather.
I kept a CBC link from a few months ago & I am listening to it as I write.
Here is the link: http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2013/6/Ace-your-exams-with-a-classical-music-playlist-for-studying
Best!
Thanks, Patricia! I had forgotten about that link. I will be adding it to my favourites bar.
As exciting as spring is, the mouldy smell isn’t my thing 🙂 I agree with you on autumn. I even picked up some freshly fallen leaves that I want to press and make into bookmarks. Good luck with the accountability challenge!
Thanks, Lori. Since I’m only on day 2, I can say–so far so good! 🙂 Good luck with your freelancing!