Life’s Curveballs
I’d been getting some of my other affairs in order so that I could start writing in earnest in this New Year. Well, fate had other plans for me.
Late in December, I accepted an unexpected offer to spend all of January as a full-time substitute teacher. A challenging and rewarding gig, to be sure, and one that helps out a former colleague, but it occupies a lot of potential writing time!
We all figure, “I will start writing more when x happens,” or “after y is over.” We’re not always in control of those x‘s and y‘s, though, any more than a football coach who diagrams a play but sees a very different outcome on the field.
At least my novels’ characters will follow the x‘s and y‘s that I chart for them … if and when I get the chance!