The Snail With a Headwind

There was a snail who wanted to get to the other side of the garden. It was slow, slower than normal, as a tremendous headwind pushed it back whenever it tried to slither from one blade of grass to the next. Yet, deep down in its heart, it knew it had to get across. For on the other side, it would be complete, and it would have finished the journey it had begun.

The above is a parable for my own writing at the moment. It has entered some bumpy road and I’m not making much progress—alas! But I am keeping at it. A little here and a little there and slowly, like the snail, I aim to get there.

It is, frankly, annoying as I’m buffeted by headwinds, for I’ve so many creative ideas and projects that I want to either start or complete. I was gobsmacked to discover that the first book of my Aegyptus Trilogy was started four years ago. It is complete, but the sequels are mostly there, but not quite. And it’s taking me an age to finish these. And book two of my swashbuckler series, The King’s Swords, is also suffering the same fate. Then there is The Bound Goddess that has got stuck in an unfinished state. And I need to write the ending for my steampunk in space novel, Aether Explorer.

Perhaps the sheer scope of work to be done is the debilitating thing? Who knows.

But like my snail, we’ll get there even if it’s at its pace.

And the above also explains the lack of posts here. I will try to do better going forward.