ELIZABETH DISCOVERS THE ENERGIZER BUNNY

Most of the time I don’t get up to an alarm. (YES!) Does that mean I get enough sleep?

No such thing.

So I get out of bed, work out to get the blood moving, drink tea and read the NYT to get my adrenaline topped off, and sit down at the computer to write dazzling, compelling, scintillating prose.

ZZZZZZZZ zzzzzzzzzz ZZZZZZZZ

Clunking sound as my forehead hits the keyboard.

Dang. Must need a kick start.

Pop a diet coke.

GUZZLE guzzle GUZZLE

*burp*

*ha-RUP*

*HE-GEEP*

Clunking sound as my forehead hits the keyboard.

Then I hear the sound of the wind swirling around the red rock cliffs and forest in my “front yard.” I go outside, feel the wind lift my hair, breathe in the scent of cedar and distance and time, and energy rushes through me. When I go back inside, I take that energy with me and put it into my writing.

How do you energize yourself when the usual things don’t work?