{"id":828,"date":"2016-09-21T10:33:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T17:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/?p=828"},"modified":"2016-09-28T19:40:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T02:40:53","slug":"the-enemies-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/21\/the-enemies-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The Enemies of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t write, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve probably noticed there are a lot of essays out there about how hard it is to just make yourself write. Fortunately, I generally find that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d rather be creating than doing anything else, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m really good about clearing every other possible thing off my calendar to make that happen. I believe that talents and inspiration are divine responsibilities, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been known to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153too responsible.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

But that didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean that writing Peace Fire<\/em> was an easy sprint from start to finish line, an unbroken journey. Oh, no. There were bumps in that road, unnecessary detours, slowdowns. Most of which are just ridiculous, which is why I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve compensated with a dramatic post title. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to share three of them.<\/p>\n

Most those articles about writing will talk about clearing away distractions and, at least the modern ones, will include resisting the allure of your phone or social media. Yeah, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m reclusive and have no problem ignoring most people. Though one of you, and you know who you are,<\/em> is so irresistible that I did lose some time to you. Ugh. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re lucky you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re awesome.<\/p>\n

I am also able to resist the call of the wild. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m an indoorsy girl, because I really do think nature is full of beauty. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more that this flat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s windows are all on one side, and that side looks out on a concrete courtyard and faces the other tower of this building. I am pretty sure that one or two stray leaves or the neighbours\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 toddler don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t count as nature. No, no matter what a wild beast the child might sound like some days…<\/p>\n

My top distraction was another beast. Yes, the cat. The thing is my big, surly boy is not generally cuddly. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re into bodily autonomy in this household, and that means that, even if he weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a mass of teeth and claws, I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be into forcing pets and cuddles on him. He is also a master of inconvenient timing. So it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no surprise that, almost any day that I had a hard time getting into the writing flow, he could sense when I was finally hitting my stride. That was his clue to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153need\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to be on my lap and get love. And he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a big boy, so I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t easily work around his formidable fluff. I absolutely cannot keep up a 1000 word an hour pace when pecking things out with just one hand. I told you my hurdles were ridiculous.<\/p>\n

\"MyThe fluffy offender<\/em><\/p>\n

Ridiculous hurdle the second: Music! Okay, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll hear me say loads of other times and places that music is important and part of my process and so forth. But there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s another side to this magical music thing. You see there are songs I totally can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t resist singing along to or even having spontaneous dance parties to. They have such power over me that I will, for instance, have both feet out the door as I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m leaving a club but dash back in if one of them comes on because I. Must. Dance. Seriously. And if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m home? Even if I can keep my butt in the seat and keep typing, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m slowed down. Singing along and chair dancing impede typing.<\/p>\n

\"WeeThe problem started early<\/em><\/p>\n

Finally, food. Oh, food…How I love thee! And if I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t spent quality time with you recently enough, it is hard for me to think about other things. Like the story I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m writing. Okay, so, get up, go to the kitchen, and…and then stare at the options…If I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m lucky, my body and brain will agree that, this time, cereal is a great idea. If it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m about helpless to spend the time necessary to make whatever it is that body and brain want. Some days, I felt like all I did was make and eat food. I love you, food, but you are sooooo needy sometimes. Ugh.<\/p>\n

\"MeUgh. Food. And music. I’m tortured.<\/em><\/p>\n

Those are the things that tripped me up, slowed me down, kept me from writing a book in…I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m estimating I could have done it in 5 minutes if not for cats, music, and food. Yeah, that sounds like a legitimate estimate.<\/p>\n

Now, back to writing, lest I have to add \u00e2\u20ac\u0153blogging\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to my list next time I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m counting my ridiculous distractions.<\/p>\n

\"Peace
\nPeace Fire<\/em> is out 11 October!
\nPre-order your Kindle edition here<\/a>.
\nSale price until 10 October<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Most those articles about writing will talk about clearing away distractions and, at least the modern ones, will include resisting the allure of your phone or social media. Yeah, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m reclusive and have no problem ignoring most people. Though one of you, and you know who you are, is so irresistible that I did lose some time to you. Ugh. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re lucky you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re awesome. 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