I know I’m not the only one that’s been standing here, tapping my foot and waiting for Spring to finally pop its sleepy head around the corner. But enough about that…
Have you ever noticed that when a holiday is coming soon, that people start getting excited about it? I mean, a good holiday like Christmas or Valentine’s Day or the Fourth of July, not one of those crappy holidays (I’m looking at you, President’s Day).
“Hey, you getting your girl some flowers for V-day?”
“Um, dude… I’m gay.”
“Oh. So, you getting some… flowers?… um… for.”
“No, I’m getting my boyfriend a bowl of dicks. Of course, I’m getting him flowers.”
“Oh, okay… can’t wait for Valentine’s Day!”
*sigh*
Okay, maybe not quite like that, but you know what I mean. We get inundated with the commercials on the radio and TV, hocking everything under the sun for a special holiday sale. The stores pull out the dregs of what they had left over from last year and add the latest and greatest crap to it. People start talking about what they’re gonna do… who they’re going to visit… how much food they’re going to shove down their gullet, etc…
That’s what it’s like in the writing group. We have a few people that have rubbed the sleepies from their eyes and have started writing. We have had discussions of what is going to be worked on… and the steps needed to get it done. We’ve got folks (I’m raising my hand for this one) dreading the fact that they haven’t edited a word of their Nano book.
The excitement is here… and it’s infectious… just like Ebola.
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