{"id":4113,"date":"2023-08-03T10:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larelleread.co.uk\/?p=4113"},"modified":"2023-08-03T10:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:19:01","slug":"an-update-on-the-uni-downtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larelleread.co.uk\/?p=4113","title":{"rendered":"An Update On The Uni Downtime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have to say that I\u2019ve taken a real dive in mood recently. The only thing that has given me any real positivity of late has been my A112 module results for uni. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have entered my first piece of creative writing prose into a competition but despite what the rules\/guideline for entry states, I\u2019ve had no acknowledgement of my entry so I am just slightly concerned that my email has gone into their spam folder and will never be seen. Yay!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have another piece I\u2019ve been working on for entry into a short story comp the writer\u2019s magazine I\u2019m subscribed to runs. I still need to iron it out. The deadline for that is on the 15th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday I started on another one to enter into the Oxford Flash Fiction prize, but I am worried that what I have written for it is waaaaaaay too dark. I don\u2019t want to say any more about it or give any detail on the story as it has to be unpublished work that is entered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, yes, despite my low mood I have tried to keep myself focused on my writing and getting some stories developed, etc. It\u2019s hard not to write darkly when you\u2019re down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guess the Simple Minds tour news hasn\u2019t helped the situation but I am not admitting that to anyone else but myself (and whoever reads this – definitely not my OH or certain close friends read any of my blog stuff\u2026and that\u2019s okay. It lends a certain freedom to what I feel I can say here, if I need to air things) and I am trying not to dwell on it because there is no changing the situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was meant to go to a gig on Tuesday night but I felt so low and so dark I just couldn\u2019t motivate myself to go out. Actually, I was in a state of panic thinking about going so I decided it was best not to as I was just trying to fight a nervousness that wouldn\u2019t calm down – until I made the decision not to go. I then spent the rest of the night really down on myself for not having the strength to pull myself out of such an awful state of panic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I am just trying to keep creative. I try to write every day, even if it isn\u2019t much, or it\u2019s for the blog (the other blog) or some other non-fiction writing rather than fictional prose or short story writing for competitions. Anything that means I am typing away and getting words down on a page, or on the screen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve just gone over the halfway point of my uni break. I don\u2019t feel like I\u2019ve been as productive as I would have liked but I am at least writing and\u2026I\u2019ve entered a comp! Even if I\u2019m worried that my entry has gone nowhere and I\u2019ve had no confirmation that it was received. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll try my best to keep the old stiff upper lip – pull the old socks up and just\u2026get on with things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adios amigos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have to say that I\u2019ve taken a real dive in mood recently. The only thing that has given me any real positivity of late has been my A112 module results for uni. I have entered my first piece of creative writing prose into a competition but despite what the rules\/guideline for entry states, I\u2019ve … <\/p>\n

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