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I’ve spent several days not caring much about whether I do what I’m supposed to or not, and it’s been catching up on me, slowly and politely at first, like an avalanche. I get some things done but out of my priority list, I haven’t resubmitted the story I think would be fine for resubmitting [...]

These are the Days of Poetry in Latvia, and I’m doing my best in attending as many events as I can to rejoin the folks I abandoned in my several years long hiatus. Somehow, returning after a while, it’s easier to enjoy my local literature, see things in perspective and relax and have a chat [...]

On Friday, I finally coerced myself to write not only on the morning tram but to late afternoon tram back from work. So I met my daily goal (700+ words) and had all evening for myself (at least I told myself so, actually kids and husband claimed their share too). I’m still a bit flu-ed [...]

Yesterday, I was too tired to think, let alone write much. I also figured that if I’m too tired to think, then perhaps this stage is a good one to let my imagination come up with a story idea. That was a cool thing to do, actually, so now I have a setting, a twist, [...]