Planning

A friend of mine just pitched a book idea. The idea was met well, but my friend has more work today. Which got me thinking about my own plans. It sure is easy to plan. I think I'd be a great event planner, actually. It's the doing that's the problem.

Anyway, everyone wants to write a book, it seems. In my writing courses, at least half of my students tell me that. I don't teach lit or creative writing or anything like that. Something about the word "writing" or "composition" in a class title brings out the inner author. Which is good.

My current situation rather encapsulates my life. There is a call for papers I would like to respond to. It is a little outside of my area of expertise, but it is a topic in which I am interested. I have an old paper that sort of meets the guidelines. I could just send it in and see what happens. Or I could pull out my books and write something new. I like writing and research; I like planning.

But so far I've done nothing, not even check that other paper for typos. I'm definitely tired of rejection letters.