Fires, Fiery Temperatures & No Writing
February has been a disastrous month all round this year.
I suppose I could look at it this way: at least we got as far as February before the State of Victoria went up in flames. We’re usually on fire by late December to early January. We almost made it into autumn without losing anybody.
It has been a month of unspeakable tragedy. So many homes lost. So many lives lost. There are no words to describe it. There are a lot of people and animals wandering around homeless, orphaned, alone, numb.
While all this was happening down here, up north they’re all under water. And I do mean UNDER water. Those poor people have been flooded out.
That’s Australia, I suppose. How did that poem go? “…a land of droughts and flooding rains”. Yes. Definitely.
The other reason not much writing was done around here over the past couple of months is, of course, the searing temperatures.
Everyone who knows me, knows that I love a good hot summer. 40 degrees Celsius with a clear dry heat is what I thrive in. But 52 degrees? Unheard of. It was way too hot to sit in here in my office and do any kind of computer work.
It isn’t only my writing that suffered. I also have to work flat out over the next three or four days on the farm accounts to get my GST lodged before I get into trouble with the Taxation Department.
Okay. So the heat has passed. I’m having trouble adjusting to the mere 30 degree days now. I find them a tad on the cool side. Can’t wait to see what winter brings. I think I’ll go into hibernation for that.
With the heat gone, so is the procrastination. It’s back to work for me. Accounts, writing, blogging, editing… all of that. Not that I consider writing to be hard work. I enjoy it so much that I find it relaxing. I like to lose myself in a good novel. Actually, I have two on the go. Four if you count book 3 of The Andaman Saga.
Somewhere in this computer’s memory are: Wild Heart – a paranormal romance; The Shadow Runners – science fiction novel almost at sending away stage, book 1 of The Andaman Saga; Mark of the Condemned – book 2 of The Andaman Saga; Legacy of the Gildan – book 3 of The Andaman Saga; Shards of Life – a Gypsy romance/slice of life novel almost at the editing stage… and I can’t wait to get my fingers to the keyboard to get on with all of them.
So, if you’re looking for me… look no further. I’m here with my fingers flying over the keyboard and my mind firmly planted in that other world of all things writerly.
But for now… Ugh! Accounts.
Cheers
Brittany Kingston
