Hello everyone!
It has been months since my last update. I am so sorry about that. 😦
To start things off, I did get tested in December and thankfully, it came out negative and I went home without worrying too much. It was such a good relief to be home. I spent the holidays and my birthday surrounded by my family. There has been a couple of hurdles living with my family again but yes, I am wearing my big girl pants and being the leaf!
I don’t go out as often and I was able to work in a safe space, where I don’t have to go hunt down a connection. Work was steady and challenging, as always. (I got promoted last month too!) A lot went on and I think I am in a good safe space right now.
The sad thing is that we’re back to having our Enhanced Community Quarantine for one week. My city is officially back on lockdown in a few hours my time. My country really isn’t doing well in this fight against COVID19 and a lot of us see our government sending us to our doom before COVID19 does. There are a lot of issues – people jumping lines to get the vaccine, cases are steadily rising by the thousands… it’s like we’re back in March 2020 again.
In relation to writing, well… did I write since I got back home? I did, but not as vigorously as before. I submitted two flash fiction stories in The Five Hundred before they closed down: Yes or No and Denouement. Between the two, Denouement ranked better. I wrote that hours before the deadline. (I was already getting ready to sleep until I realized, “f*ck, it’s the deadline!”) Yes or No needed more time and editing.
As for poetry, I wrote my birthday poem because I’ve reached a milestone (haha, you can probably guess my age with that statement). I also wrote poems for a contest and a local call for submissions. The poem I submitted in the contest didn’t make it, sadly. (I will release a revised edition on Ko-Fi as I need content there too.) My birthday poem, however, will be released on my Instagram tomorrow, just to get things rolling in preparation for… you know it, NAPOWRIMO!
Will I finish NAPOWRIMO 2021? I don’t really know. NAPOWRIMO2020 happened because I didn’t have work for the entire month of April. But, nevertheless, I hope I do finish it. We shall see.
A tarot card reader I follow said this and I have written a pretty darn good essay the other night, one that made me cry a bit while writing and had the nicest paragraphs. (I am currently disassociating myself with it so I can turn it into a submit-able object.)
Looking forward to sharing new work on Instagram to everyone on the www.
Please take care and stay safe, dear friends and readers!
Best regards,
Anj
Anj Writes Poems! 