Most of the time when I write poetry it comes from my own experience, my own reaction to whatever is happening in my life. Yet last month for the first time I wrote some poems based mostly on the experience of others: Emptiness is all that's left and Anxiety. This month's new poems are Loneliness and The Whole of Me.


I mentioned my weight loss journal earlier and if you read the personal essay Introspection, you'll see why losing weight has become so important to me. The newest essay, A busted window, was inspired by someone breaking into my car. Believe me, when I was writing, I was surprised by what came out. By and large personal essays are difficult for me to write and share but it's been interesting writing both of these. The outcome was much different from what I planned when I started.

The novel is coming along but it will be a long process. The first draft has been all about just laying out the story and the characters...subsequent drafts is where the real creativity happens. At least that's what I'm hoping.

Three Bucket Money Management is the long standing project that I've been working on. I've been stuck trying to make some changes that were suggested to me by a potential agent. I think I've been working on this for so long that I'm beginning to hate it. I was warned that this might happen. I guess I have to work through it. But a good friend made some suggestions that might get me unstuck and give the agent at least some of what she wants to see. I'm hoping to be done with that manuscript by year's end.

Drop me a note, leave a comment. Tell me what you think.

Roberto

Tags: determination, friendship, poetry, writing, weight loss