I'm definitely dealing with the winter blahs.
I'm not depressed-depressed, just feeling bleak. My life matches the outdoors -- icy gray, devoid of new growth. I have no new ideas for writing right now, no inspirations, no breakthroughs in getting published.
I need to make peace with this winter. Do I always need to be productive, always striving toward something, always trying to make something blossom in my life? I don't know; I feel best when I've just sent out queries, in love with the potential of my work being brought to a wider audience. I feel worst when I get a rejection -- I got another one last night. Thus is the way of winter.
How does one weather winter? By sheltering oneself against the chill and waiting. Maybe this is what I need to do -- take a break from writing, from editing, from sending out queries, from calling myself a writer. Maybe I need time to figure out how to reinvent myself again, as that's been a big part of writing for me -- trying to reinvent myself.
Maybe I will become something new come spring, when the ice melts and seeds come bursting out of their shells.
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