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Writing & Thread (aka The Writing Thread 4)
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 18, 2021, 11:23:05 PM ---As a none working person, I can tell you it doesn’t live up to the hype. I spend most of my days feeling like a total insignificant slug. I miss teaching. I do read a lot and paint but yeah, it’s not great. I’m a stay at home cat nanny. At least giving myself a title accounts for something.
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Stay at home cat nanny! I love that! I wonder if you could tutor or give private music lessons at your home after the pandemic? Or if you could get back into writing, maybe you could find a way to make some money with that, whether it's freelance work or publishing another novel.
--- Quote from: mare on July 18, 2021, 11:31:29 PM ---Just getting started is going to be the hardest part. I just can’t do it for whatever reason. I’m hoping all these books I’m reading will give me motivation. I do feel like I’ve lost my writing voice.
Maybe I’ll try one of those things Dee posted. We shall see.
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Getting started is definitely the hardest part! You may be rusty at first, but I think writing is like swimming or riding a bike; your voice will come back to you quickly once you get going on something. Reading is a good way to keep that writer's voice in your head, even when you're not actively using it.
RokofAges75:
Also, you are up late, Mare! Insomnia?
mare:
More like inmommia. I don’t really sleep well to begin with but there will be very little sleep this week lol
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 19, 2021, 12:18:01 AM ---Stay at home cat nanny! I love that! I wonder if you could tutor or give private music lessons at your home after the pandemic? Or if you could get back into writing, maybe you could find a way to make some money with that, whether it's freelance work or publishing another novel.
Getting started is definitely the hardest part! You may be rusty at first, but I think writing is like swimming or riding a bike; your voice will come back to you quickly once you get going on something. Reading is a good way to keep that writer's voice in your head, even when you're not actively using it.
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Income is a slippery slope when in the disability process. You basically have to stay at the poverty level or you lose medical benefits. In the government’s eyes if I can teach privately than there’s no reason I can’t teach all the time. It’s all very black and white. God bless America! I have been thinking about trying to get a short story published or something. I just need to push myself up the mountain to do it.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 19, 2021, 01:59:49 AM ---More like inmommia. I don’t really sleep well to begin with but there will be very little sleep this week lol
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LOL Aww... hang in there. I hope the rest of the week with your mom goes well!
--- Quote from: mare on July 19, 2021, 02:06:43 AM ---Income is a slippery slope when in the disability process. You basically have to stay at the poverty level or you lose medical benefits. In the government’s eyes if I can teach privately than there’s no reason I can’t teach all the time. It’s all very black and white. God bless America! I have been thinking about trying to get a short story published or something. I just need to push myself up the mountain to do it.
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Oh wow, I didn't think about that, but yeah... that does make it even more complicated. That really sucks. There's obviously a big difference between teaching full time in a school setting and teaching part time in your own home. While I'm glad you're able to get benefits at all, the system is messed up.
Well, writing is at least a time-consuming hobby that you could also do for free if you can get yourself back into it. I believe in you and your creativity!
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