September 2023
Blog
Three-Ring: A Haiku
Life is a circus,
And I am its saddest clown,
Alone in a crowd.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
(9/1/23)
My
friend, Laura, told me so! “You must keep writing”, she said. And she’s right.
Truer words were never spoken – or typed.
I am a
writer, and that’s what writers do – they keep writing – whenever the muse
strikes, with whatever the muse has in mind – like the above Haiku.
I’m not
really in a sad mood. I could be, I suppose, but the morning was beautiful. The
words just came to me almost verbatim. I simply had to write them down.
I have
truly been neglecting my muse and my craft lately. Okay, I have plenty of
excuses: I’m not getting any younger; my husband has been ill; my son decided,
“Life is shitty”; the world is burning up, drying up and on fire. All of that
would make the happiest clown sad.
But I
think what makes me the saddest, is that I am not wiritng. And I find my joy
and release in writing. So – I must! I must! – saqtart writing again, pay attention
to my craft, and resume publishing and promoting my novels, my ebooks and my
audio books.
I have
no reason not to. I have only excuses and they no longer serve my purpose.
And so
this sad clown will put on a happy face, take a deep breath and slip into tbe magical
cannon and see if I can reach the stars – or at least the top of the “BigTop”.
Absolutely
going to keep track of my progress this month and maybe post it on my FB author
page.
https://www.facebook.com/AnnWilmerLaskyAuthorlink
Feeling
better about this than I have in a long time. And it’s long past due. Time to
catch up and forge ahead.
So we
will see. As always, I welcome your reactions and
responses to any of my blogs. I love to hear from my readers. Also, here are
links to my Twitter and Facebook accounts, if you care to share your thoughts
with me there or look for any publication announcements.
amazon.com/author/annwilmerlasky
https://www.facebook.com/ann.wilmerlasky
Also, Eldreth, the
Castleweaver, asked me again to post the links to his books. He claims no one
understands him. I claim I do. He just rolls his eyes and keeps weaving his
tragedies. By the way, my son, Vernon Ray Wilmer, Jr. did all the artwork in
both Castleweaver Chapbooks. I will be donating a dollar for each of these
books sold from now on to a suicide prevention program.
Amazon https://tinyurl.com/y9d8czj4
It’s now September and the
year is two-thirds over. My sunflowers never got big enough to bloom.
