WIP

I’m not dead. Not yet anyways.

But I’ve been working hard on life, work and my book, that already has two drafts though still unfinished.

The problem with me, is I like to edit and if I didn’t have deadlines in my work, I’d probably keep editing the articles until I reach perfection…i.e…I’ll edit forever.

But next month promises to be full of experiences; I’ll travel a lot and hopefully it will help me get some inspiration and find the right route for my book.

I’ve also kept my resolution and started reading outside my comfort zone. The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan is definitely NOT something I would normally read. The vampire horror book set in our days is quite good actually. I have to admit it took a couple of pages to adapt to the writer(s) style; some phrases and words in sentence were used in a very strange context. But it’s a fast read and once you get used to, it’s a pretty good thriller.

Before I leave you and disappear again in books and writing, here are few lines excerpt of the book I’m writing. It doesn’t give away anything really, but I can feel the emotions between the words and letters of these lines. And this is also what I’m trying to achieve; put felt emotions in words.

Or maybe I just feel them because of February and Valentine’s Day.

Yeah that’s probably it.

She leans against his chest and he wraps his arms around her, gently stroking the back of her neck with his fingertips. When she lifts her head, he keeps his eyes fixed in hers as he gently slides the coat from her shoulders and caresses her bare arms.

Until next time.

- S

New Year’s Resolution

It’s, again, that time of the year when I try in vain and make a new year’s resolution list, that I know won’t see the end of January.

However, I won’t give up; being the list maniac that I am I can’t avoid it. So this year too I’ll make a list and try, but really I’ll have to remember, to do as much as possible.

New Year’s Resolution List 2013:

- Read more books I wouldn’t normally read

- Stop planning and write the book

- Travel more, visit new places

- Don’t give up: closed doors mean only there are open, bigger ones waiting somewhere

- Thank more for what I have

- Exercise (The first that will drop off the list)

- Remember this, “Ask yourself this question: Will this matter a year from now?” quote by Richard Clarson American psychotherapist and writer Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff. Add also “Don’t worry, be happy!”

 

I guess that’s it so far. Can’t think of anything else to add really.

I wish you all a wonderful 2013, may all your dreams come true!

- S

Dear 2011

We didn’t get along every day. We had our ups and downs. Like most of the past years honestly, but you, 2011, were somehow different.

So I’d like to thank you. Yes thank you, especially for the bad things that made me realize the good there is. Thank you for the people I lost along the way. No matter the good times we passed together, no matter how much I tried to keep our friendship, it got lost. To you I say screw you. I’m fed up of always keeping up with you and searching for you and not being searched. I hope you don’t come up next year asking for something, because believe me, I won’t be polite anymore.

Thank you for New York. It was freaking cold and more than once I was sure that when I’d take off my socks I would find my feet blue. But still, thank you. The city was amazing, captivating. I hope to visit it again in summer.

Thank you for the job. It wasn’t what I had in mind, but it turned out to be rewarding and challenging. I like it.

Thank you for Cleopatra, my cat. Now I can’t imagine my life without her. I think though, she thinks she is a dog; she keeps licking my face! I love her.

Thank you for the loneliness, it made me realize that this is not what I want.

Thank you for everything that inspired me. I’ve finally decided to follow my dream and write.

Thank you 2011.

New year, new life. 2012 I’m coming with big new year’s resolution: have FUN, follow my dreams and LIVE!

sincerely,

S