As you may recall, back in December I started playing soccer for the first time in my life. At 45 years old. I had never played any serious sport before, but watching my daughter play 3-4 times a week gave me the itch to try.
In February, I joined a supposedly recreational, co-ed, "casual" league. Spoiler alert: they were not "casual." I tried to keep up and ended up seriously hurting my knee after 2.5 games.
Fast forward to the end of May. After three months of physio and rehab, my physiotherapist said that was all she could do for me, and that I could try easing myself back into playing. This past Sunday, I went to an adult beginner's soccer skills class. After an hour of drills and practice, I was feeling pretty good. My knee was holding up fine, I was running around and kicking with no pain, everything was going smooth
. Then we had a scrimmage, just to run around and have fun.
. Then we had a scrimmage, just to run around and have fun.
Five minutes into the game, a woman charged me from behind and flattened me. She landed on me hard.
Right on top of my bad knee.
So here I am, back where I started three months ago, my knee swollen up like a grapefruit, alternating ice and heat while the swelling goes down and the muscles spasm in protest. I don't think it's as bad as last time, because the three months of rehab did strengthen my leg somewhat, but I'll have to wait for the swelling to go down to know for sure.
Anyway.
How's writing going?
JUNE QUESTION
Do most of your story ideas come from one place (the news, dreams, etc.) or do they hit from all over the place?
All over the place.
My first book, Ten Thousand Days, came from snippets of song lyrics I'd heard, about love and loss. I was also obsessed with time (at the time) and the relativity of it. It also helped that I was about to turn ten thousand days old myself when I wrote it, so all in all I had lots of material to play with. (For reference, 10,000 days is 27 years and approximately 140 days, depending on when leap years fall in the cycle.)
My next book, Hell Comes to Hogtown, was inspired by professional wrestling and comic books stores, both things that have been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. It started with me thinking of several funny scenes revolving around comic stores and wrestling, and the story grew from there.
I've mentioned before that the Gale Harbour series was very much inspired by Stranger Things, but set in my hometown in the 90s. When I first watched the show it triggered a lot of nostalgia for me (which was the point, I suppose), but I wanted it to be even more specific to my experience. Selfish, I know.
And what I'm currently working on? I have two mostly-finished manuscripts I've been tinkering with, one based on a game I played with my kids, another based on a movie I watched years ago and hated so bad I wanted to rewrite the story.
Then there's a Vonnegut-esque satire I tried to write last year about modern politics. I wrote about 30K words and have to give up because following and studying the news that closely every day was sending me into intense fits of anxiety and depression. I wish I was joking.
So yeah. Ideas come from everywhere. Keep you mind open and your eyes peeled.
Hope everyone is having a good spring, and the world isn't on fire (yet) where you live!
Hugs & Kisses,
-CDGK
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Oh man! Here's sending good vibes for quick healing!
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