Z is for Ba-ZINGA! Thank goodness for Sheldon who popularized this expression. It is the perfect statement of personal triumph. I finished the A to Z Blogging Challenge and overcame a writer’s block! Ba-ZINGA that, you Inner Critic!
In January, I was in the middle of a writer’s block so I started working through a creativity recovery program. I did not finish the program because I realized a few things about myself as a writer:
First, I am not a novelist. I am a blogger who likes to write short essays and fiction. Second, I need an audience, and plugging along by myself on some novel that probably will never be published is a stupid waste of time. Third, I will not make a living as a writer, so I cannot give up the day job.
These considerations I embraced and now I feel free to write to my heart’s content and spread it out in the blogosphere.
Thank you for joining me on this semi-autobiographical Wandering Journey through so many unrelated topics. Someone commented that striving to be a polymath is an ambitious goal. It was never about that. It was about the journey. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
One more thing before I close this project: Z is also for “zzzzzzzz.” That is the sound I am now going to take for the next month or so as I take a little break.
My best to you all.
Miss Pelican's Perch 
April 30, 2017 at 2:21 am
Congrats on finishing, and even more so for discovering your true writer. May you be successful in that
April 30, 2017 at 4:53 am
Thank you for coming along on the ride.
April 30, 2017 at 5:59 am
Don’t give up on that novel. You never know what could inspire you. You can get published as an author of short stories in anthologies or magazines. I never thought I’d ever become a novelist either, but here I am. No, I didn’t get rich off of my books, but since I’m retired and have income, they provide for the perks. Find me here. LINK
April 30, 2017 at 7:29 am
This has been the busiest blogging I’ve ever done, but well worth it. I like what you discovered about yourself. It’s coming to terms with the confluence of your goals and reality. I think it’s where most of us are, too.
April 30, 2017 at 7:55 am
Thank you!
April 30, 2017 at 8:11 pm
Well done! Congratulations!
May 3, 2017 at 1:17 pm
Working with so many authors had me feeling like I should write a novel, though I don’t really care to write fiction. lol. I did publish a book. It was a how-to book based on blog posts, but I enjoy blogging more than putting together a book. Girl Who Reads