Grinding it out!

Katharina's German and I'm Australian, but the best thing about languages is that sometimes you find gems in them to speak to your own situation or circumstance - this quote about the german phrase sitzfleisch really speaks to how i feel about the writing process today:

There's a phrase, "sitzfleisch," which means just plain sitting on your ass and getting it done. Just showing up for work. My uncle Raphael was a painter, and he used to say, "If the muse is late for work, start without her." You have to be there. You have to be there, and do it, and grind it out, even when it is grinding and you know you're probably going to rewrite all this tomorrow.

-- Peter S. Beagle, writer of novels, nonfiction, screenplays and songs