Soon September

Soon it will be September…

Each September, I take a month-long social media break. I view it as my writing new year, even though it will not feel like fall weather in Texas until late October or early November. But in my mind, once the calendar rolls to September 1st, it’s like a starting gun has sounded, and my best months of writing are before me.

Much like some people get a bit reflective as the actual new year approaches, I tend to do that with my writing in August. I think about all I’ve written in the past year and what’s still in front of me. I think about novels and queries — and short stories for this site.

A part of me wants to put all bigger things aside and hole up writing short stories for Not About Lumberjacks the rest of the year. I want the weather to turn cooler and the days to become more quiet. (At least it’s staying dark in the mornings longer…and nights aren’t as bright.) It’s like something inside me knows the best time of year for what I love doing is near.

Soon it will be September…

(And I can’t wait!)