{"id":2487,"date":"2012-04-24T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2012-04-24T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T11:00:54","slug":"ignoring-the-obstacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/?p=2487","title":{"rendered":"Ignoring the Obstacles"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week has been a difficult one for writing. I could share with you a tale of woe, lamenting the various obstacles that have kept me from my writing. But it would only be half true. You see, while there are a number of obstacles to writing, I alone allow them to distract me.\u00a0I am my biggest obstacle.<\/p>\n

\"Bengal
Forget about the obstacles between you and your goal. They don't matter. Unless they're hungry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You know writers. We all have ADHD and are easily distracted by shiny objects. I’m no different.<\/p>\n

The truth is, I’ve been working for several months to simplify my life<\/a>. I’ve tried to remove myself from every obligation that didn’t help me achieve my goals as a writer.<\/p>\n

I stopped writing film reviews. I ended my web design consulting. I curtailed my Facebook activity. And I’ve tried to cut down on my weekly consumption of television.<\/p>\n

So you’d think I’d have plenty of time for writing, right? Not so.<\/p>\n

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For one thing, I’m trying to read more. Which is always beneficial to a writer. I’ve taken on a few new responsibilities at the Confabulator Cafe. Now, in addition to being a contributor and WordPress administrator, I’m also an editor.\u00a0Finally, I’m also working on couple of top-secret projects that take a few hours each week.<\/p>\n

What it comes down to is this. Writing is important to me, but there are bills to pay and work to be done. There are only 24 hours in a day, and if I don’t get a few hours of sleep I get cranky.<\/p>\n

The problem is that no matter how much I try to clear my schedule, I still have a thousand things to do. So what do I do? I keep writing.<\/p>\n

In the past two months, I’ve completed or rewritten three stories and submitted two for publication. The third — my first flash fiction story, “Head of a Pin”<\/a>\u00a0—\u00a0was published here on the Confabulator Cafe<\/p>\n

I write when I can. I edit when I am able. Most importantly, I continue to submit my stories for publication.<\/p>\n

Nothing \u2013- not even myself \u2013- will get in my way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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