The first Wednesday of each month is the Insecure Writer’s Support
Group Blog Hop. Here writers can share their insecurities and encourage other writers who have doubts
and concerns of their own in a safe environment. The IWSG is founded by our brilliant ninja leader, Alex Cavanaugh.
This month's question is: What is your five-year writing plan any how will you get there? But first, I'd like to share a recent, painful insecurity.
YAY!
My brain is back to normal!
But I wasn’t so sure until a few days ago…
And you have no idea what went
through my mind
I thought for sure…
That me being a
writer was over!
Rewind three weeks ago…
San Antonio, Texas…
I was convalescing at my daughter’s
house from hip replacement surgery.
I had envisioned myself recuperating…
With nothing else to do but write. Right?
Wrong!
As I sat on her couch…
With my laptop on my lap and fingers poised
to type…
My mind was blank, empty—VOID!
As if I was sitting in a mammoth empty auditorium…
No audience, no performers. NOTHING!
Lord, I thought…
What if my desire to write…
Went bye-bye with my bad hip?
Then came my two-week follow-up visit
with the surgeon.
After a good report that I was healing fine…
I got up to leave but turned back…
"What's on your mind, Leigh?"
“Actually, it’s my mind…
I’m a writer…
And since the surgery, my mind is foggy. I can’t write
anymore."
"Anesthesia."
"Anesthesia?"
"Yes, it has that effect on some
patients
It can stay in the body for weeks
sometimes months."
"Oh, thank god," I said letting out a
loud sigh.
"Leigh, be patient. Sleep
a lot and drink plenty of water.
Your and mind will body heal."
"Phew. Thanks."
So fellow writers?
Ever experience brain fog?
From anesthesia?
Or any other reason?
What is your five-year plan?
And how will you get there?
Always,
Em-Musing
