What’s a writer to do when they can’t?
Recently, I ended up in the hospital. No details, except to say I certainly didn’t feel like writing, or even thinking about my characters and their problems.
So, what’s a writer to do, when they can’t write?
I certainly didn’t want to waste time lying in a stiff hospital bed feeling sorry for myself. If I couldn’t write, I could still talk about writing. It wasn’t long before the nurses, aides, and others attached to the floor were asking about my books. I signed a number of bookmarks, and asked my husband to bring brochures, post cards and one book to the hospital for the nurses to share. Hummmmm….. Wonder if they’ll start the book and then order their own copy to finish it! Fingers crossed.
Okay, I didn’t get to put anything on paper, and I won’t know if I gained any new readers, but I made some friends, people who perhaps will recognize my Pen Name.
One of my visitors was a coordinator of volunteers, a delighted woman with a daughter who wrote children’s books. She took my information to give to her daughter who appears to have book store connections.
The point of all of this!
Recently, I ended up in the hospital. No details, except to say I certainly didn’t feel like writing, or even thinking about my characters and their problems.
So, what’s a writer to do, when they can’t write?
I certainly didn’t want to waste time lying in a stiff hospital bed feeling sorry for myself. If I couldn’t write, I could still talk about writing. It wasn’t long before the nurses, aides, and others attached to the floor were asking about my books. I signed a number of bookmarks, and asked my husband to bring brochures, post cards and one book to the hospital for the nurses to share. Hummmmm….. Wonder if they’ll start the book and then order their own copy to finish it! Fingers crossed.
Okay, I didn’t get to put anything on paper, and I won’t know if I gained any new readers, but I made some friends, people who perhaps will recognize my Pen Name.
One of my visitors was a coordinator of volunteers, a delighted woman with a daughter who wrote children’s books. She took my information to give to her daughter who appears to have book store connections.
The point of all of this!
Never let a promotional opportunity pass you by. I’ll never know if my hospital stay had an effect on my writing, but I do know that, although I couldn’t put anything on paper, my restricted activity enabled me to meet some new readers and talk about the second love of my life, writing romances with happy endings.
Of course, the first love of my life is my wonderful husband. (grin) After all, he brought the book, the brochures and the post cards to the hospital for me.
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