Everyone I know always says "Just do it. Just write." And I say "yeah yeah" and think "Where would I find the time?"
Yet I write constantly. Blats and burps about my life, my thoughts, my adventures. And I have a book in me -- I want to write about caring for my kids and my childhood, and caring for my mom and dad in their later years and thru Mom's death. I am the Oreo Generation.
So I decided that the best way to get started is just to get started.
And perhaps what I have to say isn't what people want to hear or what they want to read. But I feel if I interject my sense of humor into this subject, I can help others get through what is an awfully challenging and confusing set of events that need to be taken care of.
And I also want to write about the weird and off-the-wall things that happen to me. The things that I don't have to invent. The things that happen to me that cause people to laugh and shake their heads.
So I'm starting here with a SPARK. I bought a book at Barnes and Noble yesterday that hopefully will challenge me to get my hands onto the keyboard every day. And perhaps, when its flowing, I will just start writing what needs to come out.
And please, comments and constructive criticisms are welcomed.
4 comments:
I am so excited for you!!! You should have done this years ago. I love your writing! I still have about a million "notes" you wrote me, and the poem you wrote after the summer you were in Arizona. The only problem with the notes is I can never figure out how to fold them back the way they were!
Hey, Kim! You have such an interesting and humorous outlook on life, I can't wait to see what you put in writing! Good Luck!
I'm excited to see you take up the challenge of getting on the keyboard everyday to write. I just *know* that something wondrous and beautiful will eventually emerge, and I look forward to reading it when it does!
One starts by starting, in this as in everything.
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