Writing without Freelance Writing

Okay, so I haven't been blogging much, because frankly, I haven't needed a break from the mental tedium that can often be freelance writing.  I work at the retail shop, and then every time I sit down to my ultra fabulous new computer, I have only two tasks: harvest my crops in Farmville, and write.

Add to this new found singularity of purpose the Mac program Scrivener has been affording me--I'm not an outliner, like at all, and suddenly when I get stuck I work it out on a the Scratch Pad and then make a few notes on the Outliner, and then I run on my merry writing way.  Crazy, right?

I've literally written 8 chapters (at roughly 3200 wds per chapter)(which means 25,600 wds total so far) in six weeks.  SIX WEEKS!!  Let's just hope I can keep this going.

It's so funny, this time last year I was wrapped up in Tarian and blasting through it at almost the same rate.  I had a completely single minded purpose then; its when I was living on my own in Scotland and loving it and struggling with it and not cutting it financially.  I wonder if I have to be poor to be a good writer?

Whatever it is, whether or not it's the circumstances that contribute to the writing or whether it's latching on to stories and characters that really speak to me, I'm just happy that it's working and that it feels this good.  Because God, despite the fact that I really miss St Andrews and everyone in it at Thanksgiving (we had these Thanksgiving feasts with fifteen people that made me feel like, because I could coordinate and cook a meal like that with my friends, I was a success as an adult--aside from the inestimable pleasure of having a really good meal with so many friends) when my writing is good, I feel good--unbelievably good.

However, I guess this week, with the Black Friday sales and all the fall out surrounding it, will be the real test of how I like retail.  We'll see!!