Haven’t gone anywhere—just the opposite. Working harder than ever and trying to right some wrongs. Writing will always be more difficult for some of us. Especially us who are not willing to bend to the sloppy, virtuous status quo. I’ll find my own way around it.
In the meantime, I’ve taken up an old hobby: Gracie
Jiu-Jitsu. This art was the main reason I moved to Florida (I didn’t think I
had anything to offer as a writer back then). But I signed my son up and got
myself hooked back in as well. I get a lot of technical brain work while
writing, but I didn’t realize how much technical physical work I also needed.
BJJ is very technical—it’s about finesse, not muscle.
Nothing will ever supplant writing for me, though. The
physical aspects of my life (I’m a very physical person) are needed to shut
down the voices in my head, even for a short while. With writing, I get to let
those voices and personalities loose; I get to run crazy-wild with them.
Running free in my own dark world is where I feel most
at home.
