Category — Non-Fiction

Living Introverted: Learning to Embrace the Quiet Life Without Guilt

by Lee Ann Lambert
ISBN: 978-1441464057, $13.95US

A Book Review by Cathrene Gehue

Understanding introversion probably seems like an impossible task for most people, including introverts who haven’t fully embraced their way of being. Media does its best to perpetuate negative myths and misconceptions regarding introversion, and it doesn’t help that extroverts make up a majority of the world population.

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[SinglePic not found]When one of Sean’s paintings was accepted into a juried group show, he declared it was time we went on a road trip. Destination: Hudson, New York. Home of antique furniture, art, and the Limner Gallery, where the Emerging Artists 2009 Group Exhibition launched on March 7, 2009 and for three weeks “Things That Should Not Be Inside Eggs: All the Things we Love to Hate to Love” is being promoted.

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Articles about writing are prolific on the Internet. Tons galore of professional writers offering their techniques and advice ad redundancy, and add the refrain “every writer’s journey is different”. Pile on the memoir-esque writings on writing (mine included) and saturation comes to mind.

It’s all wonderful, yet there is no pull there for me. There is no true willingness to contribute to it all, simply because I haven’t anything new to offer… yet.

I’ve always just wanted to write stories. Since quitting four years ago, a lot of ground has been lost with that. Lately, the struggle with some short stories, a novella, and the plotting of a novel, has all been going so very slow. My boyfriend assures me that both speed and discipline will pick up, as long as I stay focused and stick with it.

Stick with what exactly?

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© by Cathrene Gehue, 2008

Disclaimer: This post is a long one!

Children play from the heart no matter what they do. There’s no doubt; no question. Heart reigns in all they do, but somewhere along the way, the mind starts learning about the world we live in. And the world we live in values mind more than heart. It influences the best of us. As a child I wrote from the heart, then somewhere in my journey mind took over.

After dropping out of University of Toronto, I began working in the book distribution industry. For seven years it was both fun and frustrating at times. I was young and dreamed of becoming a published writer. Somewhere along the way, disillusionment occurred. The glamour of being a professional writer lost its sheen and allure. What had happened?

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