"The Year of NOT"

I read an inspiring piece of writing this morning, by a writer whose advice always seems to inspire me:  C. Hope Clark.  Her words struck home, yet again, because my week has been hectic and I was berating myself for not getting a blog post written.

If you are a writer not familiar with Hope's work, or her wonderful newsletter online, I encourage you to become familiar.  And please read her post this week about "The Year of NOT".  Without condensing the entire piece, suffice it to say it will give you some breathing room.

She addresses the many, many, many things that writers are "pushed to do" in order to "be a writer". And, in her research, she has discovered that many writers have called a halt to much of it.  The last sentence of her essay was this: "This is the year of NOT; the year of not letting others interfere with the writer you were meant to be."  I agree.

So, here's my promised weekly post.  And, even if you're not a writer, Hope's words may speak to you. Check them out, and let me know.