Skywatch Friday - Stormy weather

Thunder storms are rare in Port Elizabeth and when one hit the city a few nights ago I set up my tripod in the front yard and merrily clicked away, while the lightning flashed all around. It was mostly sheet lightning, but what a spectacular display, complete with sound effects.

I see that I have been off the blogging scene for a while now, but that is because I have been having my own flashes of inspiration and have been concentrating on writing my novel. I never realised that writing could be such fun, though it can also be frustrating when I hit a dry patch.

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Getting side tracked - The writer's bug

My absence from blog land over the past few weeks is not because of a lack of interest, but because I have been side tracked, to fulfill one of my lifelong ambitions to have a book published. I have written a lot over the years, but some how events have always conspired against me, so nothing was ever finished. Maybe it was just that I did not have enough motivation - I am over that hurdle now.

What I have come to appreciate is that writing is hard work. It takes a combination of dedication, inspiration and motivation. What I have also found is that what seems good today sounds trite tomorrow, so it is a case of edit, edit and re-edit.

If I was only working on one book it would probably be much simpler, but I have been working on five. A novel, a short story and three children's books. When the inspiration strikes, I just go with the flow.

I have completed one of the children's books, which is intended to be the first in a series and I am now preparing for the next hurdle. It is one thing completing the work and another getting it published. 

So, if you do not see me around for a while, you now know what is keeping me busy.

Hopefully my track will not be like this one. This is the aftermath of a storm and particularly high spring tide in September 2008.