Another book chapter is "in the can"!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (206304)
Walnut Creek, California
January 1, 2022 1:40pm CST
I finished another chapter on my book today.
As many of you know, it is about working as a child psychologist with difficult children from disadvantaged families in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sometimes I feel inspired, but sometimes I have "literary constipation" and can only write a paragraph or two on a given day.
If I were as prolific in my book-writing as I am on MyLot, I would have written three books by now.
I am working on two other chapters right now.
Please wish me luck around getting them done.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
1 Jan 22
Good luck, pony. Sometimes it isn't writing that's causing a problem. Sometimes it's thinking/worrying about something else that causes the problem.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@TheHorse I don't know... I'm not you... When I was writing poetry, other things, like bills or my wife driving me crazy, kept me from being productive... Until I took care of those things, I couldn't concentrate on writing. What's bothering you?
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@xander6464 (40890)
• Wapello, Iowa
2 Jan 22
Have you tried getting your muse drunk? It often loosens them up and makes them able to cure the literary constipation.
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@xander6464 (40890)
• Wapello, Iowa
2 Jan 22
@TheHorse I know it will work for you.
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@TheHorse (206304)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Jan 22
I have tried this, but it did not work. I hold my dear harvest of the grape and grain out to her. She approaches. Suddenly my inner 2-year-old kicks in and I say MINE! and drink it all up. She scurries away. What can I learn from this?
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@TheHorse (206304)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Jan 22
@xander6464 That's brilliant! I will try it today.
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@kaylachan (58119)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Jan 22
Hey, you'll get there. It's not like it's a race, right?
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@RasmaSandra (73678)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Jan 22
Best of luck to you and good that you got more done
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@TheHorse (206304)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Jan 22
Get 'er done. That's my mantra. You've probably already seen Tom Hanks in Black Jeopardy (SNL). He kind of plays me. I'm not a MAGA person, but I still identify with his character. 
Contestants Keeley (Sasheer Zamata), Shanice (Leslie Jones) and Doug (Tom Hanks) compete on Black Jeopardy, hosted by Darnell Hayes (Kenan Thompson).Subscrib...
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@BarBaraPrz (45570)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2 Jan 22
Hmmm... I wonder if there's a "literary laxative"...
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@averygirl72 (37748)
• Philippines
4 Jan 22
Working as a child psychologist? I hope you will be successful in your passion for writing
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@LindaOHio (157012)
• United States
2 Jan 22
Good luck. You can't force writing. When it flows, it seems like you can't write fast enough.
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@LindaOHio (157012)
• United States
3 Jan 22
@TheHorse Lots of people will be reading your book some day!
@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
2 Jan 22
Have you read Tibetan Peach Pie? (It is the autobiography of the author Tom Robbins) he talks about writer's block and some of the many ways he found to remove it!
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@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@TheHorse i thinking about your writer's block mention above! There is always the booking Writing the Australian Crawl, but I don't remember who wrote that. to a;sp jas waus arpimd the b;pcl/
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@Softncuddly (1600)
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2 Jan 22
Wow... Congratulations. You're so inspiring. Take care. Happy new year and happy enjoy writing.... 
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@TheHorse (206304)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Jan 22
@Softncuddly Thank you! I got some more work done today while watching American football.
@1creekgirl (40605)
• United States
1 Jan 22
You're getting there! Is that photo Horse Jr?
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