The key (for me at least) to real creativity is recharge. That means spending time unwinding with family and just not worrying about the words or the world. This is how I’ve spent my Friday evening. Between playing games and watching movies and snuggling up with the love of my life I have found that elusive recharge button that has me slipping out of this depressive funk triggered by tuning in to what is happening in these (occasionally) United States. It is a big deal to recharge. Likewise it is a big deal to step away from worlds you spend too much time in. If you ask me, George RR Martin cannot finish a Song of Ice and Fire because the man has spent too many years deeply immersed in the world. He has no perspective and he has lost the thread.
I’ve done that in my own way with worlds I am associated with. In truth it is happening now, and that is part of why I don’t want anything to do with the slate of projects happening right now. I need to step back from that and step into new thoughts and directions in my science fiction and even return to those fantasy roots. There are stories still to be told. I want to speak some of them here, and I believe I will start back at that tomorrow.
Some Thoughts:
- Keyboard on this particular laptop is sticking and it bothers me something awful. I keep having to go back and add spaces between words.
- NBA is moving to Disney! No, seriously. The plan is to finish off a small run of regular season-style games and then conduct the playoffs there as though it were the Vegas Summer League. Should be really interesting to watch.
- Note: It will be watched, because there is nothing else happening in the sports world. It will also be a fine experiment to help us understand if football can return in any capacity.
- Meanwhile, high school football is already returning and college is about to get underway. So much for Covid fears…