By Leslie Lindsay

There are some days I just don’t feel like writing.  At all.  I know I have to force myself to do it, because in the end I’m usually glad I did.  Right now, for example would be one of those times.  So, why don’t I feel like writing?  Hummm…I don’t know.  Is it that I don’t really have anything to say?  Totally not.  I have a lot to say…Is it that I don’t have the time?  Well, that’s not really it either.  I have a glorious 2 hours of alone time in a quiet library right now.

So, why don’t I feel like writing?  Well, I guess like anyone, I need a break.  While it doesn’t seem all that “hard” to write, it is.  At least if you do it “right.”  Perhaps I need a break so I can clear my creative slate.   Perhaps a break will allow me to experience life because then I will have more material to pull from to make me feel as though I am really experiencing what I am writing about.  Because, you know, it is experience and living life that makes one a good writer.  You see, one cannot write well in a vacuum.

When it really comes right down to it, I feel like reading.  I feel like organizing.  I feel like a nap.  I feel like….yes, a nap.