Writing like a writer sometimes means not writing...

Have I ever mentioned that I suck?

Like, lemon juice on a papercut suck.

Or finally getting to kiss that hot girl in high school but not realizing that she puked 5 minutes ago suck.

Yeah. So. I want to be a writer. Anyone that has known me for any length of time knows that.

In the past month, I have written, rewritten, and scrapped so many story ideas.

Now that it is December I don't have the mental capacity to focus on writing so I am storing up more ideas for the new year. (And wiping them out almost as fast as I come up with new ones.)

It used to come so easy. When I was an angst filled teen, with no real responsibility other than worrying about where my next meal would come from,  I could write and write and write.

Now, not so much. I have tried writing comedy based on my life experiences but they always come out bitter and a bit nasty. (Which is wierd because I don't feel bitter or nasty.)

Anyways, I am not writing this for your sympathy or well-wishing. I am just getting it out of my brain so that some awesome ideas can have room to wiggle.

Ideas for writing THAT book.

Right now I have several story ideas floating around in my notebooks. Some are good, some are mediocre, and some seemed really great when I wrote them down and now when I read them I am really confused.

It has long been my habit to sit on an idea for several weeks before working on it or discarding it.

Come to think of it, that is probably why I mostly wrote poetry and lyrics in my younger days. There has never been much of a time commitment to it.

Anyways, the question I pose to you is this....

Do you prefer, as a reader, novels or collections of short stories?

It is an interesting question to me. When I was young, and had far fewer responsibilities and much more time, I consumed as many different books on as wide a variety of topics as I could find. I would often pick up the longest books I could find, knowing it might be a few days before I could get something new. Now that time is precious, I have found that I prefer collected short stories. It could take me a couple of weeks to read a novel. Short stories can be done in an evening.

So, dear reader and future consumer, what do you prefer? Novels or short stories?

A Short Sabbatical

Well,

I will be taking a short sabbatical to focus on some writing projects. I will probably not have many, if any, posts for the next couple of weeks.

Stay with me. I won't be long.

Write Much?

Well, as I posted yesterday, I have been looking for some paying writing gigs. I have a couple of things ready to send off to publishers, and I will anxiously await their rejection letters.

I am also about to start a paid writing gig for a certain website to remain nameless for now. (We are still working out contract details.) Assuming we don't get too caught up in the $$DETAILS$$ it should start soon.

The pay is peanuts but it will be a great addition (or beginning) to my portfolio.

Thanks everyone for sending me your good Karma. I would like to say it was easy to find this gig but that would be a lie. I have spent the better part of the last few weeks trying to figure out *how* to do this and most of the last 4 days actually trying to do it.

Its definitely not easy but hopefully it will be worth it. Livin' the dream... at all costs...