Writing – Page 12 – Pulling Words from the Air

I was just having a beer with a buddy of mine who is also a writer, talking about how incredibly weird it sometimes (hell all the time) feels to have people out there... reading your work. It makes my head spin at times to think that there are people reading what I write and, not only that, but enjoying it.

I enjoy my own writing. I do. But it never occurred to me that anyone else would. Which is why, when I ask someone to review my book, I get stressed out about the outcome. I think to myself: I'll be ok with three stars. It'll be great! It'll be fine. Really.

And then they give me 5 stars. *shakes head* Floors me. Every time.

Thank you to my readers and reviewers and anyone who's been part of the process! Really... thank you.

You'll often find me with my eyes closed, head tilted up as if listening to the heavens, just waiting for the right word to drop out of the air so that I can push it into the right spot in the sentence I'm writing.

Embarrassed, abashed, flustered, ashamed, disconcerted - they all mean approximately the same thing, but look at these sentences:

Jon was embarrassed about his feelings for Tom - this brings to mind a bit of toe shuffling, pink-cheeked kind of behaviour from Jon. Approximately the same with flustered, or abashed.

Jon was ashamed of his feelings for Tom - now we have a bit of inner conflict and, unlike embarrassed, the word really makes it seem like a negative thing, no?

Jon was disconcerted by his feelings for Tom - this one has Jon running through a checklist of probably causes in his head and coming up empty. Or doing a slow mental double-take.

Words. I love words.

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