A quick update

I'm still working on getting back to writing more regularly. For now I'm just taking it easy. I'm working on a series of short stories that may end up as a young adult book, not sure yet. The short stories are all connected but there is no main thread linking them yet. I've got 25000 words already but I'm still mostly introducing the world and main characters. We'll see where the story takes me. I believe it's easier for me to work on those little snippets, because each single piece is a story in and of itself, and as such every finished one counts as a win in my head, motivating me to do more. It works for me for now, and I hope I'll work my way up to one of my bigger projects soon. 

Thank you for all encouragements, it means a lot.

Hell of a writer's block.

For quite a few months now I've been struggling badly with a writer's block. I tried quite a few things to get rid of it but it doesn't seem like anything's helping. And the worst part is that it's not only that the inspirstion dried out, I cannot motivate myself to do anything when it comes to my writing. I've got a few stories which are finished, in need of editing and submitting. But because they are slightly different from what I normally write they do not qualify for my regular publisher. That would mean either finding a different publisher or self-publishing. Just thinking of that is daunting to me right now. 

I could find excuses as to why I'm not writing. But the honest truth is... I don't know. I sit down to write and after a few sentences my mind will drift off. I catch myself, write a few more sentences and the same thing happens. I really don't know what the solution is. For now I decided to focus on this odd little story that came to me a few months back. It's very different from my usual writing. A series of short stories focusing on this young guy. It shows snippets of his life from childhood to young-adult years. There is no romantic interest in the ones I've written up till now, and I'm not even sure whether he's gay, straight or asexual. It seems sex isn't that important to him, so maybe demi-sexual? Anyway, because the stories are short it seems much easier to focus on than a full length one. Less intimidating in my current state of mind. 

Other things I tried to get over this block is doing some other creative stuff: drawing and photography. it often sparks my imagination, alas as of yet I had no luck. Still, I'd like to share some of these with you.