Peter’s head pops into my office. I’ve made a quick stop in to drop off one set of materials and pick up another. “You didn’t slice today?” he asked, a hint of surprise in his voice.
I grab some books and join Peter in the hall. “I didn’t,” I said, feeling something like guilt wash over me. I explained how I had read his slice, and also Dawn’s, the night before. I sat down to write, to draw on any nuggets I may have tucked away during the week. I had nothing.
“Something will happen,” Peter assured me before we parted ways.
Later, my lack of slicing still gnawing at me, I said to Dawn, “I didn’t slice today.”
“It’s still Tuesday,” she replied with all the confidence in the world that I could still write, even if I wasn’t on my usual schedule of writing and publishing on Monday night.
It’s 8:34pm and as I prepare to wind down for the night, I replayed the day, in hopes of finding something slice worthy. What I found was my friends, checking in on me as a writer and encouraging me.
And so I write. It’s still Tuesday after all.
Where There Is Joy 
Yay you! The need to just write pushed you to stop thinking and just write. This slice celebrates what we live and know…writers need writers! So glad to have you as a writer and friend!
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Writers need writers for sure. Grateful for you! ❤️
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You did it!
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There’s always something, but there isn’t always a will. You have that will. I admire and aspire to your consistency.
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There’s always something to write about. There isn’t always a will, but you have the will. I admire and aspire to your consistency.
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Yes! It is still Tuesday! I love that. You did it!
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You inspire me. I have had such a difficult time writing lately & I love reading your snippets & moments – they make me think that I will be able to do this again… soon…
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This post is actually very encouraging to me as a new-ish writer. I love that you have both an in-person and online community to support and encourage you, which for sure makes a difference. I appreciate that as an experienced writer, you still get stuck and yet you show us how you worked through it. And then you took two small moment, and found that they stood out in a quiet and meaningful way. Excellent work, and here we are – still on Tuesday!
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Having friends like these two is such a gift!
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You are so lucky to have writing nudgers around you. The beauty of slicing is that it really can be short and simple. And we all know and understand the I-haven’t-written-yet days. The showing up feels good.
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