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by Thorarinn

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by Thorarinn

I have a habit of starting things and not always finish them. My wife says it runs in the family.

I'd like to write a book one day but haven't started it yet. Not
properly, anyway. I've done an outline and thought about some of
the events, scenes, if you like. Characters, I've got some
characters lined up. I've done some research. But I haven't
started the book.

Don't know why I'm starting this blog, I need to consolidate my
activities, not branch out! What I may end up writing about is my
experience of burnout. I don't know if writing about it will help
me cope but I don't think it'll do any harm. Except perhaps to
those unsuspecting souls unfortunate enough to stumble upon this!

by dc guy

We all have different levels of creative energy. Whatever you've got, use it! I started writing a song in 1979. I just finished it last year. And it's an instrumental.

by Jay Garmon

I so completely feel your pain. My own blog
has really helped me build up the courage to finsih and attempt to
publish my own efforts at writing fiction. Just putting my anxieties
down on "paper" as it helps me to deal with them. If you want, we could
even compare notes. I use the creative writing tag for my applicable blog entires. If you do the same we should be able to keep good track of each other.

As odd as it sounds, writing anything (a blog) makes writing everything (your book) easier. Keep it up.

by Thorarinn

Well, I never imagined anyone would actually read my blog. I was
under the obvious illusion that I could have an "invisible" on-line
presence but the first two comments I got on my first posting brought
me back to reality pretty fast. Thank you guys for being
supportive.

I guess TechRepublic is perhaps not the best venue for a "secret" blog
;-) which I'm still trying to figure out what to do with...

The book (idea - to be precise) I mentioned in my first post doesn't
have anything to do with IT, on the contrary. It?s about nature
and would be aimed at children, especially those who think nature only
exists in documentaries on TV. Suffering from perfectionism, I'd
like my "characters" and plot to make perfect sense and be true to
life. Making it a fantasy, where animals "talk" to each other
would probably make it infinitely more interesting though. (I've
just looked it up - I did the first outline in December of 2002...)

To be honest, writing about my book (idea) was probably more of a cover
for my true interest in writing about how to mess up ones IT career
(and life in general, come to think of it...). Not that it would
be of interest to anyone else but perhaps, possibly, someone,
somewhere, could learn from my mistakes. I certainly didn't and
yet I "knew" they were coming, I just didn't think I'd have to deal
with them.

I thought I'd be able to sort out my own problems, just like I
regularly sorted out IT related problems. What I didn't realize
was that logic doesn't help when your brain goes into slow
motion. It only makes things worse. Thinking that you have
an endless source of energy and can tackle any problem thrown at you
and ignoring your family at the same time was the beginning of the end
for me.

My biggest problem however was not knowing how to say NO.

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