A killer for my creativity
Morning Pages | 18 January 2025
On my travels to Inveraray. The ferry should have been going from Lochranza to Claonaig, but it was diverted to Tarbert. No biggie. In fact it was that that gave me time to write, as it gave me an extra hour on the ferry.
And of course it would be when I'm away from home that I have TWO fountain pens run out of ink, ha ha.
I did end up just listening to Fool's Fate—which, for some reason, I called Fitz and the Fool in my writing?—and it was a very enjoyable drive. Of course now I'm 'behind' with everything, except that I'm in charge so I can just decide that I'm not behind at all—in fact I'm precisely where I mean to be. Take that and party!
I got to Rossco's for half eight, scored a curry and had a good catch-up, followed by the movie Civil War. Then home on Sunday morning on the MV Alfred, where I watched a some semi-final snooker on catch-up, then finished that at home more or less in time for the final with Shaun Murphy and Kyren Wilson. It was a decent final, but I'm glad it's over! Back to a full working week.
I want to support you here! I don't know if it's appropriate (I apologize in advance, I write with only the best intentions), but I'd like to share some thoughts about Crime and Punishment (since fate has connected us through blogging about the same book). Dostoevsky himself was a chronic procrastinator—he did everything at the last moment, and his gambling addiction essentially forced him to write. Yet he was adaptable, constantly finding ways to simplify his work process. For instance, he hired a stenographer who later became his wife. Here's my point: perhaps you're exhausted from this novel. You started earlier than I did, and you're still immersed in it—Raskolnikov consuming your thoughts. Maybe you could accelerate the process as Dostoevsky did—write one final article covering the entire sixth part and epilogue. Share those fascinating translation insights that I love reading in your posts. Then move on to something new—it's invigorating! I'm eager to hear what you'll read next. Will it be Oblomov, Master and Margarita, Doctor Zhivago, or something else?