I'mmmm Baaaack!!!!

Almost exactly a year to the day I'm back to blogging. I have a few things that I have written since that I would like to post and I have new ideas for posts. I have been a bad blogger I know; a whole year since my last post and almost a whole year before that post.

What have I learned? 1)You really don't need anything to talk about. 2)Reading is not the laxative for writing; daydreaming is. Staring blankly at the computer screen will zap your brain of all thought, so get the hell away from it. Go to your favorite daydreaming spot - shady hammock, the window seat with the soft pillows, laying on the bed staring at the ceiling, whatever - and make the real world go away. It might be a good idea to toss a notebook and pen on the floor/ground next to you in case you want to write down an idea for later.

I would also suggest having that notebook and pen next to your bed. Both Stephenie Meyers (Twilight) and Stephen King (Misery) have gotten a story idea from a dream. While you sleep your creativity takes over good or bad.

But really why am I giving you writing tips? Are you writing a book? You are aren't you? I can list half a dozen people I know that are "writing a book". I know because they like to tell everyone about it. *sigh* I'm sorry but the fact that so many people are "writing a book" and taking it so seriously just makes what I'm trying to do seem like a monkey masturbating. OK dear friends, are you trying to do this for a living, are you trying to get published, do you think you have more than one story in you, basically what the hell are you trying to prove?

Me? Yes, yes, yes, that I can achieve my dream life and live for my passions. To immerse myself in my passions and share it with people who are just as excited about writing and all forms of creative story telling. To collaborate and put out a story complete with good writing, that's well produced, and has fully formed characters that light up the story. I want to get excited about the end product; I want my eyes to go wide with childlike pride when a completed story comes out knowing that I/we put are best work into the show, book, movie, play. I can almost feel the anticipation just blogging about it.

So if you want the same thing that I want, let's talk. If you don't, if you are just writing a book to tell people you're writing a book, then let me know when it comes out; meanwhile I'll be doing my best to ignore you.