I've fallen off the wagon in many respects here, dear readers.
I'm still freelancing, but everything else has suffered. I did manage to open up a few of my stories this past week. But I quickly felt lost, completely taken out of the flow of words and not inspired at all.
Whether the stories are just not holding my attention or I just feel like I'm staring at a big chunk of clay that needs some serious slicing and shaping (and punching), I seem to have hit a slump that I don't see any way out of yet.
So, what do I do? Use it. I've got a few articles on writer's block coming up this week (if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right?).
I'm trying to get some of my week's work done today so I can sit my butt at my writing desk all week and make some progress. Because there is nothing worse than feeling like everything you've written sucks and you will never have a good idea again.
Which brings me to my favorite article this week. It actually comes from last week – Develop a story idea in five minutes.
Sometimes, after working all day, I end up feeling as though it's "too late" to dive into writing. I see this as sort of a self-defeating mindset, as you have all heard my talk of being an insomniac (and there really isn't any right or wrong hour of the day to write). Why I do this to myself, I don't know. Laziness, fear of suckage, what have you. But I figure I should take my own advice, and let this method of quick writing sprints get me back into the flow of writing.
So, how do you beat writer's block? How do you conquer that nagging voice in your head that tells you that you are no good? What's the longest you've gone without writing anything new?
I do know one thing that can only help – chocolate. Email me if you need my mailing address.
If you missed 'em, my other writing articles this week include a few on travel writing (both from home and abroad), a boot camp for writers who need a little discipline (like me) and one on how using your unique writer's voice can translate into sweet book sales.
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Mary’s eerie tales inspire in readers the urge to double-check the deepest, darkest closets, to peer anxiously under the creakiest of beds, and to always sleep with the lights on.
I have also resorted to writing articles _about_ writer’s block when I’m blocked. The irony always cheers me up, and just writing something, anything, usually helps me get past it, too
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I hope it works for me
I’ve had slumps before and I always come out of them, it’s just a matter of not being too down on myself and realizing that it isn’t the end of the world, right? 
It’s funny how we can slump in one area of writing and still be able to write other things.
FYI, something glitched in that last post – that Shark Cartilege link isn’t mine. Sorry!