My creative well is feeling a bit shallow these days. I blame the dreaded January malaise. My work-in-progress is coming along. I’m about halfway done the first revision pass and the whole mess is sitting at about 87,000 words. But I’m at that point in my process where my imagination needs a little rejuvenating.
I love live theater! I don’t live in a huge city, we’re about 200,000 strong, but there are lots of arts and culture events to choose from if one is in the mood. Becky’s New Car is the latest offering by the Globe Theater. Done in the round, with minimal props, it’s all up to the actors. What a fabulous job they did. If you ever get a chance to see this play, I recommend it. So funny.
Becky’s feeling the effects of a humdrum, middle-aged life when she meets an beguiling millionaire. Stuck in middle management at her job, married forever, twenty-something son still living at home, trying to be everything for everybody, she inadvertently gives the wrong impression and finds herself at a fork in the road. With plenty of laughs along the way, it was the perfect way to fill my creative well.
“When a woman wants a new car, she really wants a new life.”
What’s you’re favorite way to rejuvenate your imagination?
Sounds very interesting! I’ll keep my eye on the theatre events in Halifax – the sad thing about where we live is there is no big theatre productions, we have to go into Halifax!
Glad you spent some time refilling the well – looking forward to getting the manuscript when you’re ready for a reader (if you still want me to read).
This one’s worth the trip, I promise! I do need a reader! And I especially want you to read it. Is it okay to send you half now and half later? That way I can work on the second half while you read the first part.
Absolutely – send away, Karyn 🙂
I like live theatre too. We used to have season’s tickets but let them go a while back. I’m really starting to miss it.
I’m refilling my well right now by doing some reading. I signed up to judge the Rita awards, the romance version of the Oscars. So I have until March 7 to read 6 more books! At least when I’m reading these contest entries I can tell myself I’m ‘working’!
You are working, Jana! And more importantly you’re paying it forward. I hope you’re enjoying some great reading. Can’t wait to hear about your experience!