This is the best re-entry I've had to normal life after a vacation or writing retreat. I arrived home last Saturday and by Wednesday I was back in my chair with enthusiasm. In the middle of the workshop last week I remembered a short story idea I'd played around with in the spring and didn't know what to do with. All of a sudden I had an incredible hunger to get in there and play with the characters. I felt great energy to see what they would get up to if I gave them some air. And better yet, the subject matter gave me an excuse to play around on YouTube yesterday in the name of research.
Of course, I went to the workshop in order to get inspired to keep going on a novel I've been playing around with for over a year. I didn't anticipate coming home burning to write a short story.
But if the muse (sounds grandiose, I know) is sitting staring you in the face, it's foolish to turn away.
For several years now I've been trying to have a vibrant writing life, practice law, and travel as much as I can. I ask myself if the small-scale, character-driven things I want to write are important. I also wonder if there is even an audience for the things I want to say. But I still press on.
About Me
- Kathleen O'Hanlon
- California, United States
- Kathleen O'Hanlon lives in Southern California. She practices law and is intrigued by the written and spoken word. Excerpts of her memoir "Standing Room" are included in the Fallen Leaf Anthology. In 2013 she completed a novel entitled "Natural Time" that she considers her apprenticeship novel. She is now at work on something else. Follow her at @kathleeno29 on Twitter or as Kathleen.Caterina on Instagram (where she mostly follows cycling, ballet, French and Italian culture and Stanford football).
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