Writer's Group / November 23

Word of the Blog: Temerate (v.) - to break a bond or promise
The lion and the lamb lay down together.  And for many weeks after that, the lion considered temerating his vow.
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Hey World,

I've decided to post after the completion of each of my writer's group meetings for the time being.  Hopefully it will keep me going on this blog that no one's reading (can you say self-satisfying?).  Well, I haven't written a whole bunch in the last week.  My best friend's father died, and I had to travel down for the funeral.  I really wanted to write, but was too tired most of the time.  Although, that didn't stop ideas from floating around in my head.  Some of them were even for the book I'm currently working on.

During the time I spent visiting family and friends, I also went to see Cirque du Soleil's Ovo and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I.  Both were very good and each had led to inspiration for current and new projects.  But, as I'm still trying to push my way through one book, I'll try not to get too ahead of myself.

I've had some trouble continuing to write.  What I'm thinking in my head does not always transfer so well to paper, but I need to learn to encourage myself in these situations, because I'm the only one that will be able to get through this.  I seem to dream constantly of what it would be like to be a professional writer than can actually make a career out of this hobby of mine, however I'm so easily sidetracked and distracted I can't help but be slightly disheartened.  My writer's group is good for that.  It's giving me a lot of the encouragement I need, especially when someone says they like what I've written so far and are eager to read more.  It builds me up in a way that is uplifiting while also offering me a chance to improve if I'm inclined enough to take their advice.  And, believe you me, I'm smart enough to know that I need all the help I can get. I hope to never be so stupid as to think I know everything.

Anyway, I will soon be on chapter seven of my book (fingers crossed) and will need to make an extra effort to continue as I'm coming down to the end of what was clearly mapped out in my head.  It's like sailing around the world, only to realize that it happens to be flat after all.  I'll need divine intervention if I'm ever going to see clearly how the plot transforms from what I have now through to an ending.  But, I've always been one to trust that everything happens in its own time.  Let's just hope that the time is sooner rather than later.

Since I have to get up and drive to visit family tomorrow, I'd better cut this out (it was really just an excuse to procrastinate from writing anyway; what did I say about distractions).  Happy Thanksgiving all!

So...What Happens Now?

Hello World, it's me Jade.  And, apparently, I have a blog.  Although I'm not quite sure why as no one is likely to read it, so the whole creation of it makes little sense.  But, why not?

You see, the thing is, I'm trying to be a writer.  I'm actually in the process of writing a book now.  Who knows if it's actually a good book, or just a mental dump of all the random things I think about on a daily basis.  But, in less than a month I'll be 27 and I'm working a job that pays all of my bills, but doesn't really interest me, living in a city that takes just about twenty minutes to drive through, and I'm single, which means I have a lot of time on my hands.  Right now you're thinking, "so what, we got problems, too".  Still, I'm tired of complaining about all of the things I don't do, and writing is about the easiest (and most difficult) thing I can accomplish without needing money.  So, maybe it's not so crazy to think that maybe by the time I'm a month shy of turning 28, I'll be an author.  Maybe I'll still be single and in a small city, but I'll at least have a new title to add to my dusty degrees.

So...what happens now?

Now, I create a blog that might gain followers if I actually put out that book.  Or, it might just be me, putting down thoughts that swirl through my head and out into the solar system, sling-shotting past the sun and gliding into the universe.  Either way, it's better than nothing, right?