After getting a burst of motivation for writing, it appears that I promptly fell off the face of Livejournal. That's just how life goes, sometimes. In that end of summer rush, I decided that it was more important to have a few adventures and actually live life a little--otherwise, what will I ever have to actually write about. So, I hiked around a ( Read more... )

With this new fire ignited in me to get back into writing, I sat down this evening to bang out some words. The initial idea I'd had was that perhaps I would put together some sort of short story or poem or reflection. Instead, I wrote about 235 words laying out an idea for a novel--a general concept, some world-building details, a couple of quick ( Read more... )

Sometimes I am inspired to write. The idea springs forth from the ether to whisper in my ear: write me. Then the words come, first a trickle, now a geyser unstoppable. Most days, though, I'm not. Maybe I'm inspired. Certainly I have ideas-so many ideas that on any given day I've forgotten dozens by bedtime. Really, perhaps what I mean to say is ( Read more... )