clhollandwriter | Unhappy Writer is Stuck at Home (Reply)

In a normal year I may (or may not) have spent this week posting from Swanwick Writers' Summer School. But of course it's not a normal year, so Swanwick was cancelled and instead I'm stuck at home. I still have the week off (because the only thing more depressing than no Swanwick is having to work when I should have been there). In theory I'm using it as a writing week, but in practice I've lost three days already to a poorly cat, a bad mental health day, and food poisoning.

I've managed to get my submissions up to date, worked on the e-book version of Conversations with Dragons, and written a little bit. There are still a few Swanwick activities going on, run by volunteers, so I've been checking in every morning for a chat over coffee. I keep meaning to work on some short stories but it's hard to get motivated when it's so flipping warm! I'm mostly playing computer games, watching The Mandalorian, and posting on online roleplays if I'm honest.