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The Calm Before and After the Storm
Is it ever really calm though?
I’ve been struggling to get anything out these days! I’ve been struggling to do anything considered even remotely productive. I started an essay that was like my “year in review,” and in typical me fashion, I abandoned it to start fresh. (And then started about three more different pieces! Ha!) I had typed in some reminders for things that happened throughout the year — things like: I started wearing a bra again, submitted a manuscript, published a book, Nerdspeak (my favorite brewery) closed, Pinot, my little rat terrier, had her last and final litter of puppies, and Sinead passed… and I wrote a few paragraphs about Nerdspeak closing. My heart hurts. Nerdspeak was a large part of my year last year. I was super hyperfocused on breweries and the brewery industry here. Obviously, because I published/co-wrote a book on the brewing industry in the Quad Cities. They are all near and dear to my heart.
Last year around this time (or shortly before), I was last minute writing most of my sections for the Quad Cities Beer book! Our deadline was January 15th. We got it submitted on the 15th! I finished writing my sections on the 7th, and had the whole book edited, aside from my co-writer’s last section, by the 12th.
