Routine

Hello my dears, Vice here.

I've been working, Bent has been working, and we have neglected you our loyal reader ;)

I want to talk about routines because I have one and it involves stimulating my brain so I can write.

I get up early, usually with the help of Bent. He has a way of prodding me so that my awakening is gradual, yet complete.

We get up, have our coffee, and I write because I feel creative and moved in the morning. But as late morning approaches, children go off to school, Bent off to work, I'm left with a waning creative fire. I like to take a moment to breathe, and rest.

I get into my bed naked and feel the cool sheets against my skin. I enjoy that feeling, the soft sheets caressing my body....

I think of my book, my characters, and the scene I want to work on ultimately that day. As I do, I feel the fires crawling up my insides and licking my inspiration area, working it into a mild frenzy. But I don't let myself go and write too quickly; no I make the session last as long as I can, even going so far as to stop the movement and let myself calm completely down.

When I'm overflowing with ideas, bursting with innovations, only then do I allow the sweet feeling of release to flood over me. Only then do I begin to buck up off of the bed, my mind a frenzy of words and thoughts, and my fingers, flying in deft dynamism, and only then does the creative fire return with each stroke of my keys.

Nothing works quite like a good, solid rest.


Love, Vice