Inspiration derived from a young Earnest

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hope, inspiration, postaday2013, stumbling block, wall of silence, writing

As many of you know, I am writing a book and whenever I take to my blog to write about it, it means that I have hit a snag. The snag is me. I need to force myself back into my groove; writing everyday at least one thousand words. All that needs to be done is for me to sit in front of the computer and type. On a good note; I have someone who is currently reading the novel in progress and so far she loves it. Hooray for her and hooray for me. One caveat; she is a family member, the brilliant, talented artist Nancy, our cousin, so she is being kind but she still loves it.

Now why did I title this post “Inspiration derived from a young Earnest”? I am reading The Paris Wife; the marriage between Hadley and Earnest Hemingway and their married life in Paris. So far I am reading about how difficult it was for Earnest Hemingway to get his momentum going and his groove, I am nowhere in the world comparing myself to Earnest Hemingway, but if a brilliant writer can have a time with his writing then I can let myself off the hook just a little bit when I feel depressed and stressed because I hit a bump/snag in my own progress. I don’t know why I’m not feeling it to write Madeleine and Jack out of Paris, but I am.

I need to kick myself in the pants and get down to work. Tomorrow is another day and if Earnest can do it then so can I, minus the drinking and the smoking.

Supreme ruler

If you were supreme ruler of planet Earth for a day, what changes would you make?

I would get rid of all the GMO products across the planet, I would get rid of factory farmed animals, I would get rid of mono-agriculture and promote agricultural diversity to help heal the Earth. I would require all countries to step up their pursuit of renewable energies and I would get rid of private banks and have people co-operative banks. This huge wealth inequality is detrimental to us as a planet and something needs to be done about it. We live in a global economy, political and sociological world as well. No one is an island onto themselves and so as supreme ruler I would demand that everyone live their lives mindful that their action or inaction affects their neighbor and just being mindful of that fact might change our way of thinking. I would be one busy bee on my one day of serious work.