Nothing but trees

Forest? What forest?

Greetings, friends!

There’s plenty I could say about political bullshit right now, but honestly, I’m so sick of thinking about it. It’s a constant and unavoidable barrage of bad news, much of which directly impacts my community. My TikTok algorithm is fucking wrecked. Even my day job is infected: the general grantwriting workshop I registered for changed its topic to “grantwriting in uncertain times” at the last minute. The chat was filled with people spiraling out over the funding freeze and sharing links to articles on the evolving situation.

So, I guess I can whine about writing instead, which is ostensibly the theme of this newsletter (though it hasn’t felt like it lately). I’m really stuck in the swampy, sludgy parts of novel revision. More specifically, I’m stuck on the tense and POV, likely a subconscious strategy to avoid rewriting chapters 4 through… 20.

Do you ever find yourself fixating on unimportant details as a procrastination tactic? If so, how do you refocus your energy…