Helping vs. Hindering

 

At what point do you discern that’s something is a hinderance?  Is there such a though as too much cheese on your salad?  Too much sauce on the Subway sammach?  Too much money in your account?

Or in the case that has drawn me to this thought – feedback.  And not just feedback but perhaps advice.  Does it become problematic when you’re fixated to the point of inaction?  Or does inaction not exist because theoretically you are doing something even if that ‘something’ isn’t measurable by your standards?

Earlier this week during my bi-monthly writing group I attend through the library one of the peeps shared their intentions for the year and working through some feedback they’d been given and some of the inner struggle they had regarding it.  It was nothing bad but it went against this writer’s own preference when it came to reading.  It was the, somewhat/sometimes, delicate balance of explaining to a reader versus the level of trust (i.e. not to explain everything). 

Coult just all boil down to a matter of preference and perception… could also be a matter of how many ‘f*cks to give’ jars one keeps in their mental abode.

Can stagnation be good or be put to good use if one shift’s there POV?  It’s not writer’s block, it’s a writer’s balloon and maybe you’re just blowing and huffing all that frustration until eventually a creative explosion release…

Well, I intended to write more and make some other observations, but the evening has presented itself with some challenges.  

At any rate, I’m determined to finish my first read of 2025.  I have several books open- some physical, some audio, some a combination of both (looking at you “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo”; as I started listening to the audiobook but I’ll likely finish via the paperback since I own a copy, this will be my third TJR book and given the hype with this book I’m hoping I enjoy it just as much as the other two).

Right now, these are the books I have open –

1.       The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

2.       Red Queen

3.       Pioneer Women

4.       Red Tigress

5.       Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

6.       How to Say Babylon

7.       The Power of Now

 

I’ve also got a copy of the Writer’s Market 2019 from the library that I need to return.  But of the books above there are a couple that I probably got about another 50 ish pages or so left to read.  With all the snow that’s come through, patting myself on the back for taking of today’s snow after we worked hard on Wednesday to clear a path in the driveway and I was determined to keep it (LOL), I figure this weekend I’ll finish one. 

I also have a few more theories about The Empyrean Series that I’ll write about soon.