Yeah, so I haven’t kept my word 100%. Sue me.
One thing about the creative spark is that it doesn’t always start a flame no matter how much you fan it. This has been one hella busy month though. It’s amazing how busy a person can be even when they’re unemployed.
But as of right now the tinderbox is open, the flint and steel are in hand, and it looks like the wood is finally dry enough to burn.
See ya real soon.
So, here’s a quote for you from John Berendt, the guy who wrote “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”: “Keep a diary, but don’t just list all the things you did during the day. Pick one incident and write it up as a brief vignette. Give it color, include quotes and dialogue, shape it like a story with a beginning, middle and end — as if it were a short story or an episode in a novel. It’s great practice. Do this while figuring out what you want to write a book about. The book may even emerge from within this running diary.”