When I saw the Writathon post on Royal Road, I thought well that's interesting. As the day progressed I thought about how much I enjoyed writing a poem a day for National Poetry Writing Month in April. It was a challenge to just write a poem and post it, without getting entrenched in rewrites trying to make it perfect. There was something freeing in creating a poem everyday. With Writathon, a daily post has proven to be much, much harder for me. I love spending time doing research, rewriting, rereading letting time take its course and follow the flow. With Lolly, all that has gone out the literary window. I give myself 24 hours from start to finish to go from first draft, to second draft to posting. I have not played Candy Crush in 2 weeks! Some days the word flow is good, other days it is a slow crawl that just has to do. This process for me makes me feel very vulnerable. I know I'm not writing in the more popular genres. But, a few of you are showing up to read my work and that means the world to me.

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