Hello Again
It’s difficult to get back into the groove of writing when you’ve been
distanced from it for a while. Stories and ideas might come with the same
frequency, but the details, dialogue, the twists, the turns, and the
character idiosyncrasies don’t. What you’re left with is an empty shell.
The framework of a building with no walls, roof, insulation, paint, lights…
no identity. The truly odd thing is that I don’t even remember how I came
up with these details in the past. It’s as if everything I’ve written in
the past just magically appeared, fully formed and ready for duty.
I glance around as often as possible, combing the current terrain for
some semblance of inspiration… people or small events that beg my
imagination for the opportunity to color the landscape of my story. They
are bound to be out there and ready, but the question remains: am I ready
for them?
Hello everyone! I know, I know, it’s been forever since I’ve posted
anything. By forever, I do mean that it’s coming up on a year and perhaps
longer since I’ve managed to put anything of significance out there. Hope
everything is going well out there in lj land. Wondering how many of you
people are actually still logging on or if everyone on the freggin planet
is now myspacin’ it.
Well this is an update, so I guess I should let everyone in on the news.
Been down in the Beaumont area for nearly a year now, and after working
collections for Conn’s during that time I’ve finally managed to land myself
a real job… more importantly a job with a real paycheck. In other words, I
won’t have to get a second job! I’m working for CB&I doing nearly the same
thing I did at Conn’s. I call people that owe us something (be it money,
materials, or product) and I make them give it now instead of tomorrow.
They have offices all over the world, so after my 3-4 year stint on this
particular project is over, I’m hoping to transfer either to the Australia
office or the London office.
I have to say, I really like it here so far, except they restrict the HELL
out of the internet access & email, so I am having to type this into Word,
cut & paste, and email it to myself.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee………………
As for Will, he is doing very well. He’s continuing his different
therapies throughout this summer and although he’s still not talking, he’s
communicating much better. Pics, signing, or actually using props are his
only ways of communicating right now, but that beats the hell out of not
being able to do so at all. He’s still hovering around the 50lb mark; he
recently has discovered a great love for swimming and we thought that might
cause him to drop a few pounds, but we were wrong.
If I can remember how/am still able to, I’ll try to post some pictures on
here. I’ve been in a really dry spot as far as the writing goes. No lack
of ideas, but when I sit down to flesh them out, there’s nothing there.
It’s like I just have the hollow shells left. It was making me sad for a
while, but there’s no point in that.
Okay, while I will try to start getting caught up on some of the reading on
here, we all know that there is no WAY I’ll be able to catch up on all of
it. But when I’m in my new place here in a week or so, I’ll have
high-speed internet and should be online a LOT more often. Until then
people, I’ll check in every couple of days and continue to try to post
things via cut and paste/email. I miss all of you terribly and hope that
you’re all rockin n’ rollin, but be careful and take it easy… I’ve had to
slow down significantly myself, but not too much. ;)