Hey Rowan... Did I get that right?
ha ha, I have those senior moments (where I forget names, dates... even sometimes how old I am π) all the time. But you remembered right m8, that's my name like the tree.
I wouldn't trade the time I have spent here for anything, except a journey that was better served by my learning the oh-so elusive skill of time management and controlling my growth a little more, but it is what it is, right?
Yes, I know this one as I burnt myself out on steem yonks ago... it is kinda why I just stick to making my own content now rather than trying to build communities and take on silly amounts of stuff that I wouldn't be able to live up to.
Am I remembering right that we used to chat a lot on the whaleshares server b4 they forked from hive? I know we've had many imteresting convos about literary type stuff in the past but I can't quite remember for sure where it was in the great discord-o-sphere π Anyway, like you say it is what it is, no regrets is the best way I find.
Nice to hear that you have aims to write for a profession. It is a wonderful thing when you're doing what you love for sure. I came a little unstuck by taking on too much web copy work and that kinda made me fall out of love with writing. It is great when it is something that you're interested in, but apart from the research side (which I enjoy no matter the subject) writing about stuff that bores the pants off ya is pretty crap tbh.
But don't let me put you off. I think it's entirely possible to be part time freelance writing and mainly do interesting work.
Nice chatting Steven, take care and it is nice to see you're still around here blogging π
You remembered exactly where we met perfectly...
I wasn't even sure I remembered your name correctly...Jeez!I hosted the cringingly embarrassing 'Sausage roll curation show' π
The idea of me ever truly having the time to pursue writing seriously is almost ludicrous tbh, just look at how long it took me to respond to your awesome comment, 14 days...
Two bloody weeks!!!
Life sucks up vast swathes of our irreplaceable time at an almost inconceivable rate, I was 20, now I am almost 50, when the hell did that happen?
We can both agree that a guy who uses 3 exclamation marks maybe has some kind of problem going on that needs serious remedial treatment!!!
Finding the time to learn the rules will probably elude me for the foreseeable, but at least I get to lay my thoughts bare, here on Hive, where people are incredibly forgiving. I enjoy doing so when life, family, health and work allow me a brief interlude to do so.
Oh yeah, research and learning in general are amazing pastimes, assuming there is some affinity for such things. Thank you so much for stopping by Rowan, I hear that distinctive accent even as I read your words.
Take great care man, I hope your health is playing ball lately, have a fab week π
Never worry about taking a while to respond to my comments m8. I've gone through whole 8 month periods on hive where I've hardly engaged with anyone and have been woefully slow to respond to comments. Sometimes it's been because of health issues, others irl stuff like when my mum got cancer; we all have things going on that people on here have no idea about. That's just life, no need to feel guilty or bad about it!
Yes, I remember it well. I thought it was great and very funny and light hearted.
D'you remember my 'litetary corner show' where I interviewed some of the best creative writers I'd found on my curie curation wanderings? I enjoyed doing that show, but I was doing a bunch of other stuff at the time on other discord groups that caused major burn out, and that's part of why I pulled back from discord a lot.
I've recently rediscovered the joy of engaging more through comments, partly because I joined listnerds and @thisismylife's dream team. I can see you're a member and it would be great to see you in there more often, but no pressure. As I said before, discord is the biggest time sink in the whole hive ecosystem.
πππ€£ I regularly use two or three exclamation marks in my comedy open mic posts. Did you know that the late gr8 Terry Pratchett said anyone who uses more than 2 exclamation marks dances the line between genius and madness... And here I am writing a comment on my phone at 6am in the morning. I think I'm probably dancing firmly on the madness side of the line π€ͺ
Oh yeah, and we were talking about creative block... I recently wrote this post The Ideas Factory - 10 Ways to Dispel Writersβ Block that might be of some help if you ever get the dreaded creative block.
All the best π