new journal
Well my connection is crap. The cable man will hopefully be here soon to see what the deal is. I had no connection earlier today. Ugh!
Anyway, I bought a new book, Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott. It's incredible! It is just what I need as a writer. It's got great information, but it's REAL. it's not like those books that tell you how easy it is to write a novel in 28 days and have it published a week later, and all that crap. it's not technical. it is actually very unorthodox. And it's perfect for the writer/reader with attention deficit disorder. So, from Anne, I've learned that my goal is to write a shitty first draft. Magic will not just happen every time I pick up a pen. Sometimes--most of the time--it takes pages of trash to get to one good idea. But i could ramble about the book all day. I recommend it to anybody who cares anything about writing.
I've decided to discipline myself to write a random paragraph or so every day, just whatever pops into my head when I wake up in the morning, or while showering, or while scooping shit out of the litter box... whatever inspires these brilliant little nuggets. They'll be awkard, unrefined, probably full of cliches, but if anybody's interested, they'll be here: mightymightypen . I've made the journal so that it doesn't allow comments. So if you actually go read something there and are just dying to say something to me about it, feel free to email me or just comment here.