Comments on: 213 How to Write Folklore Inspired Fiction with Icy Sedgwick https://sachablack.co.uk/2023/10/25/213-how-to-write-folklore-inspired-fiction-with-icy-sedgwick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=213-how-to-write-folklore-inspired-fiction-with-icy-sedgwick Books, Business and Bad Words Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:37:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: TW Iain https://sachablack.co.uk/2023/10/25/213-how-to-write-folklore-inspired-fiction-with-icy-sedgwick/comment-page-1/#comment-53272 Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:37:08 +0000 https://sachablack.co.uk/?p=12082#comment-53272 In answer to your question of the week, I go climbing (okay, indoor bouldering because it’s warmer!) Along with being physical exercise in a friendly atmosphere, I’ve recently realised that it also helps my mental health. In so much of my life, what happens is dependent in part on the actions I take and in part on things I have no control over (this seems particularly true in marketing my books). But with climbing, it’s all down to me. If I don’t reach the top of a particular route or problem, I can’t blame algorithm changes or the strange whims of potential customers. This pushes me to keep trying, and when I finally reach the top this is purely through my own efforts (admittedly with encouragement and advice from others). In climbing, I have control over my own success.

tl:dr Climbing helps keep me sane.

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