Today I got my fix!

July 17, 2010 by thinkhappy

Today marks day 9 of our vacation. We've had a fabulous time, and it's been a full year since I have been able to really relax. There's something about the smell of the salty Cape air, the fullness of the days, and the ease of simply being, while on Cape Cod that makes all of my stress disappear. I can honestly say that the moment I enter Cape Cod, my mind goes into relaxation mode. But today, something else, something unexpected happened. I usually spend nine months out of the year hovering above my keyboard, pounding out my novels in great detail, and only leaving my perch between the hours of 8:45 and 2:45 under duress (extreme duress). Then, the following three months are spent rejuvenating my mind, body, and soul, building plots and subplots, and enjoying my children. In many ways, it's a welcome reprieve, while in other ways it's a time of wanting.  Today, the desire to write, to create and be absorbed by an alternate world with new characters and interesting twists and turns, came barreling in. The desire became so overwhelming that I had to give into it. Today...I wrote!

This afternoon I allowed my children to take thirty minutes and play their online games, to disappear into that blank stare and nonsensical chattering of online games. Today, I took my first real break since my husband left for Iraq--and I enjoyed the hell out of it!

Today, I got my fix, and I am sated until the next urge to write overtakes me, or until I naturally fall back into my much-adored days of writing in late August. Today, my third novel, Come Back To Me, became a little longer, a little deeper, a little more real.

How do you get your fix?

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