Not In The Mood

I’m not in the mood to write at this very moment. Yet I am, diligently, sitting at my computer and tapping away at the keys. As Jane Yolen told me (and I ignored for years), writers need to get their Butts In the Chair. I need to write my Newbery Update. I need to jot down my thoughts about Graceling for my Book Buddy. I’ll do these things, and I’ll enjoy them. Just not this very moment.
Ideas flutter like fireflies.
I gaze at them
Wistfully.
Energy depleted -
I capture them in a jar.
Perhaps tomorrow
They’ll light the way.
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