And Yet, I Persist

          Its been a few days so I figured it was time for another blog post. I actually do have some news in this one. Mostly that I am healing and the end is finally starting to come in site.

          I am still having headaches if I try to work a full day or work up at my old speed, and that is not for my writing/editing of my novel, just my normal work. I'm starting to find that if I'm not taking proper care of myself (plenty of sleep, plenty of water, food that isn't just junk) then the headaches can become omnipresent. On the other hand, most of the times, that omnipresent doesn't hurt badly, its just a constant, an almost unnoticable drag on anything I try to do, but enough, and one that will solidly get worse and worse until, I've rested myself enough. If I stress too hard over something, same thing. For my physical wounds, most of the under-skin bruising is finallly gone and I have noticed that if my face gets cold enough (standing outside in temperatures lower than -10C or blustering winds) makes my face hurt along certain places. I assume those are the places where I fractured my skull, though I have no proof of that, since they didn't show me the x-rays and I wasn't really up to asking at the time.

          I have been able to write creatively, but anything more than 10 or 15 minutes and I start feeling it. Despite that, I am back to editing. I have finished nearly two chapters in the last week (slow going, but as I said, creative writing/editing still hurts) and have started writing chapter four, which is one of the ones that needs to be done from the ground up. I also figured out some character motivation and a plot issues that I knew were wrong, but couldn't figure out why. I should be sending my first novel in soon for its final edit and some cover work, so everything is getting better on that front as well.

          Still, while I'm happy to be writing, a lot of my focus is still on my art, since in general, art doesn't hurt my brain at all. I'll have a few new pictures to show off soon and hopefully I'll have some good news on that front later.

          I think that is where I'm going to leave it today. A nice update, to keep you informed and to keep my mind working. What have you been up to and what personal victories have you acheived? Let me know in the comments below.