{"id":159,"date":"2009-04-30T17:23:01","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T00:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2009-08-16T20:01:32","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T03:01:32","slug":"and-they-call-me-a-writer-ha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"And they call me a writer! Ha!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>As if I actually, you know, write stuff.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: opx solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/greekkey31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"15\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left; border: 0; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/wwfwbear.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" \/>Hey People!<\/p>\n<p>Remember, way back when, when I actually, you know, wrote stuff?<\/p>\n<p>By &#8220;stuff&#8221; I mean paragraphs longer than <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/melinakantor\" target=\"_blank\">140 characters<\/a>, or a comment on somebody&#8217;s Facebook status, or your average lesson plan.<\/p>\n<p>Most of you probably can&#8217;t even remember back that far, but I assure you that it was a freaking blast. A veritable literary shindig, if you will. I used to feel all writerly in my gorgeous, fashion forward <a href=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=115\">NaNo Wardrobe<\/a>, and I was actually proud of<a href=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=118\"> that clutter next to my computer<\/a>. I&#8217;d sit in my computer chair, with the dog stuffed behind me as lumbar support (that was serendipitous, at first it was just to keep him from barking and\/or stealing while I neglected him) crank up the soundtrack for my WIP (work in progress), and, actually, you know, write stuff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And then. . .<\/p>\n<p>Well, I don&#8217;t know what happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Well, maybe I do. I don&#8217;t mean to complain. But:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I got writer&#8217;s block.<\/li>\n<li>I got rejected.<\/li>\n<li>I got busy.<\/li>\n<li>I got distracted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know what you&#8217;re thinking about those last two. What writer isn&#8217;t distracted and busy? But no kidding. Life got extra rough for a while, and I have a commute that knocks the daylights out of me.<\/p>\n<p>And I hate to bring this up again, but there was that whole <a href=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=140\">Mount Manischewitz<\/a> thing, which was no joke, and I have the <a href=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/wr-1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\">photo<\/a> to prove it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But I digress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My point is, it&#8217;s time to get back on the writing wagon. But with things being the way they are, I decided to take baby steps.<\/p>\n<p>So, last week I:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Had jury duty (talk about a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willwriteforwine.com\/?p=41#more-41\" target=\"_blank\">muse feeder<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Bought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com\/index.php\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Heaving Bosoms<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Made notes in my plotting notebook (and I used pens with glittery ink &#8211; not sure what that says about me).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then today, after a hellish few days at work and several nights of hardly any sleep, I found a note on my Facebook wall from <a href=\"http:\/\/karenpinco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Karen<\/a>. She wanted to know if I was up for a <a href=\"http:\/\/willwriteforwine.com\/forum\" target=\"_blank\">Wiffer<\/a> writing challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Um, well, no. I am not. What I am is exhausted and hyper, and in that state where I&#8217;m buzzing around my apartment even though my eyelids are drooping. I may literally hit a wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Karen. I must commend you on your fabulous timing.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;ll do it.<\/p>\n<p>I am, after all, a Wiffer. And I have a huge dent in my credit card thanks to the registration for RWA Nationals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, well, to be honest, I&#8217;d like to think that I just may, in spite of everything, still be a writer.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll post my May Writing Goals shortly. But for now, I&#8217;m taking a pledge to actually, you know, write stuff.<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s that?<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Anybody have a name for my Wiffer Bear? I have a feeling I&#8217;m going to need him this month.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center; \"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Go Wiffers!<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/wiffer_big1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As if I actually, you know, write stuff. Hey People! Remember, way back when, when I actually, you know, wrote stuff? By &#8220;stuff&#8221; I mean paragraphs longer than 140 characters, or a comment on somebody&#8217;s Facebook status, or your average lesson plan. Most of you probably can&#8217;t even remember back that far, but I assure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mels-favorite-posts","category-writing-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}