April 28th – 374,388.

Today I managed to get off to a quick start, writing wise, so well before lunch I’ve completed my writing stint and hit 3,294 words. The rest of the day is going to disappear in the fog of life, other things to do.

Military strategists refer to it as the “fog of war” – when things are happening too fast for the commanders to grasp and influence, where little things are happening out of sight, little things than can detail the whole battle. For a writer, we have something similar – what I’ve just referred to as the “fog of life”. Where life interrupts our writing time, usually in unpredictable ways.

It can be very frustrating, but we also have to remember life, intrudes for a reason, it’s life – and we have a life outside of our writing, the people around us need us to sometimes put down the keyboard and take up life, interact with the real world. I know, it’s a daunting prospect, but to be fair, quite a rewarding one, when we remember to enjoy the rewards.