The Warrior

It's such fun to keep in touch with all you lovely writers. Thank you for your comments. It's nice to know we have similar hopes and feelings, it can be a lonely old business otherwise.
People who don't write can not possibly understand how much goes into creating a novel. There is of course the time it takes; sometimes I'll spend a whole day writing and end up with a couple of pages of something that I'm reasonably happy with. Then I feel guilty because I haven't spent the time clearing up, washing or cooking or paying more attention to my family. Then there are days like today when the sun is shining and really I just want to be out working in the garden. That creates guilty feelings from not spending enough time writing; "I'll never get this novel finished if I don't knuckledown" etc etc. Ofcourse there is the endless preparation that goes into sending your work off to agents or publishers; only to be sent a preprinted "no thanks" after a few months of waiting to hear back from them (and that's if you're lucky). Yes we are a strong breed we writers, we should be proud of our resilience.
In Yoga we practise a posture called Virabhadrasana 2 or Warrior 2. It is my absolute favorite posture. When teaching it I remind my students of how powerful and strong they feel in Warrior. They focus on the middle finger of the hand stretching forward; looking into the future. They are ready to face whatever the future holds for them and deal with it.

Go on give it a go!