CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

I'm trying a new routine, one that hopefully fits a bit better with the way I write...and that means doing more than one project at any one time. So far, I'm liking it- but we'll see. Ask me next week. I'm also getting back to walking. Given we've still got a virus on the loose - and it's cold outside and I don't want to get sick - I've been doing this inside the house. So far, so good. It's warm and I don't have to rug up for it...or worry if the unmasked jogger that just went past me was infected. I like not having to worry. Now, I just have to remember that it's okay to sleep. In the meantime, we have words! Words from the Third: Andromeda's Pledge #1 (Chapter 2): Casilia was about to intervene, when her phone started ringing, again. She gestured at the suitcase she’d just finished packing. “Can you take this, Joe?” “I’ve got it,” he told her. “And get your sisters into car?” Casilia added, pulling her mobile out of her pocket an...

A word to the wise: Stay healthy, or your writing career will be a lot shorter than you can imagine. Apart from regular check-ups, the basics are essential, and regular exercise is the most important. I recently stopped my daily walks in order to get a novel out on time. It was a very bad move. Within a week and a half, my back had started to grumble to the point of me having to be very careful, I didn’t sleep so well, and I started to have trouble getting the ideas down on the page. Within two days of walking, my back started to edge back from the brink of a major spasm and a few days in bed, and I’ve started to sleep. My creativity levels are up, and, as a whole, I’m feeling better. I’m also more relaxed. Walking is worth it. If you want to write, take the hour or so you need to exercise, and exercise at the level that works for you. Me? I can’t do high impact like running – not yet, anyway, and maybe not ever again – but I can do extended walking, at a fairly ...