Writer's update #1 - A writer needs to write

I have grossly neglected this blog for a very long time. This was due to various reasons: A family tragedy, a demanding day job, the global pandemic and some personal health issues. 

Like the majority of writers I consider this my real work but I also have and need a day job to pay my bills (Hopefully one day this might change). Usually I manage to keep the two of them balanced pretty good. During the day I have an office job and at night I turn into Lorca (Yes, you guessed right, Lorca is a pen name as my personal tribute to Federico Garcia Lorca). In the recent months however other parts of my life took over and writing faded into the background. Not because I didn't care, but to write you need a certain mindset and even if it sounds cheesy inspiration. As I rarely managed to find this days without writing turned to weeks and weeks turned to months. 

Soon I started to feel miserable and irritable, blaming stress and lack of sleep. It all took a toll on my personal health and I soon started having terrible migraines. It was only recently the I realized what was wrong with me: I had stopped writing!

A few years back I got my hand on a meme that said something like this: 

A writer is simply a person, who can't not write. 

And that is exactly it! By neglecting this side of my personality I made myself miserable and started to suffer anxiety attacks. 

Writing is a part of who I am and I need it to live, like I need to breath. Therefore I am a writer. Many people might disagree and that is okay, because I don't need anybody's approval to know who I am.

It took me many months to finally see myself for who I am and I want to encourage everyone of you out there to look into your own soul and to find the puzzle pieces that are missing to make you happy. It can be a creative output, sports, volunteer work or collecting crazy stuff. It doesn't matter, as long as it is your passion. 

That said I will restart the blog and post regularly and also post regular writer's updates to tell you how the status of the final draft of my novel is coming along. I also will keep writing posts about anything related to Fantasy and Science Fiction. 

I hope you will enjoy it and come back! 

If someone recognizes the quote above, please leave a comment, as I would really love to have the correct quote and know who first said it. Thank you!


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