Ever have a week
Where your energy is shoddy?
The fraction that you have
Goes to dragging your body
Jumping through the motions
With bursts of excitement
That rarely come with glee
So tired that you drop the rhyme scheme?
Chunks of outline tossed aside
While facing the end of month slump
Sleeping like a restless bear
Whose gut has gone on strike
Not even a stressful time
But you always wake like death
Crawling to a weekend
That holds little salvation
As you can guess, I’m exhausted and I’ve been like this all week. Trouble sleeping and a few gastrointestinal issues that needed handling. Honestly, I feel like I only went through the motions of blogging this week. What little energy I had was poured into writing and I’m seeing that this book is going to start off slow. Makes me worried since the others have so much action. I slipped a little in where I could, but it’s really the beginning of a strange mystery like the first book. More exploration than battles, but I cut down an entire chapter to one section of the next one. Hallucinogenic, anti-magic brambles? No idea what I was thinking there.
I usually save this stuff for Sunday, but that might be brief because I’ll be away for most of that day. Kid’s birthday party at a gym or something, which should be fun. Still, I feel like I’m losing my WordPress spark. I just haven’t been feeling it this week and I wasn’t really better for most of April. An extra poem here:
Worn around the edges
Feeling beaten from all sides
Coma would be nice
(Why do I keep writing poetry about being tired? It’s not like it gives me energy.)
Legends of Windemere 
Sounds like you could use a nice balmy beach somewhere.
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Not really a beach person. Sand gets everywhere. I’ll take a cabin on the lake within walking distance of a small town.
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That’s good too!
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Charles = famous, talented, artful, and tired. I would take a writing break of two days. (I know the world will come to an end) I’m just saying.
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Your poem series was pretty cool this week. Hoping you get your spark back by next week 🙂
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Thanks. Though I do all my posts in advance. Exception is the Sunday post or marketing posts. Nearly done scheduling May right now. Need to choose my Hero Debut excerpts.
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Maybe Sunday will be a good break for you. Anyway, it sounds like you need one. Try to give yourself some time away from blogging anyway.
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I’ll be away in some fashion. I think I’m more becoming a hermit for a bit.
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Hope you get your energy back soon!
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Me too. Looking like a rough weekend though.
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Sometimes this stuff just happens, its called life. Like everything else, this too shall pass and you will get back to your old self. In the meantime just take it easy and get some sleep. Feel better my friend.
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Life seems to be kicking me in the crotch and the head today. Ugh.
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it’s worth taking a week off. Veg, watch telly, read… if you’re really knackered nothing peps you up better than a quick break. Might be worth it.
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The problem is that this is the first full week after taking 3.5 weeks off.
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Ah yes… I can see that’s tricky. Then do what you can and put the rest down to coming down to earth blues I guess. It takes me ages to settle back into the groove after the summer holidays if I were you.
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I’m going to put it down to the weather not making up it’s mind this week. 30’s to 60’s and back down again. Then beautifully warm into rainy miserable.
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Hope you start off the week energized, Charles! I like when you write poetry – whatever the topic! Hope you had fun with the Birthday party!
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I’ve been on and off with poetry lately. The mood hasn’t been right as often as it used to. Might do the ‘Monster Maker’ thing again only everyone makes one monster and I do a poem like my Bestiary collection.
Energy is lacking right now, but maybe I’ll get some extra sleep.
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I hope you do get some extra sleep. It’s hard to do everything you have to do when you haven’t been sleeping well. Did you get gastro issues fixed? I like your “Monster Maker” idea 🙂
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They’re under control for now. Sadly, they’ll never be permanently fixed.
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I guess “under control” is better than what it was! Still frustrating though!
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Very much so. Keep worrying that it’ll get worse.
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I’m going through the same thing, Charles. I haven’t been on WP in days. I’m not writing, not even blog posts. I slept 12 HOURS Saturday night. I NEVER do this. I typically get 6 hours a night. I took a nap between my sons baseball games on Sunday and took a nap yesterday (I NEVER do this either). I just stared at my WIP yesterday and sighed. I didn’t write a word. I feel zapped of energy and creativity. What’s wrong with me? Am I depressed? I hope you’re feeling better. I can’t take another day like this.
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I’m holding up. Turning into one of those months. Try doing any small, spontaneous creative writing to jumpstart your muse?
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