The Second Stage of a Wannabe Writer

I have learned a lot in my last year of non-writing. Firstly, that to be a writer: you must WRITE. Now this might seem a simple task, and one that is quite obvious, but it is one that I have somehow put the blinders to and simply thought it would 'just happen'.

Lesson two: write more than once a year. As you can see from my last venture into writing, it has been a non-event for close to 12 months. That does not mean that I have not been writing....well, ya, it means that I have not been writing, but I have occasionally dabbled into my Zombie film that I am currently, "writing".

But enough with the excuses. I have put a post-it on my creative side and have resigned to friends hassling me if I dont do some scribbling soon. This really shouldn't be so much effort, but one does what one can in times of emergency. Code red! Must put pen to paper!

And I have been tossing up what I want to focus my energy on. I was going to do my travel writing, that I adore and dont need pressuring to do, but the lack of plane tickets lately have encouraged my lazy side. I have not been traveling. I have not been seeing new things or doing the exploring I long to do. I have been working like a chump at a job that doesn't suit, and can only hope that I win the lotto. Go lucky seven.

I have done the odd trip here and there, but really, my life cant afford the tickets! So maybe I need to write about the city that I am in. Help people understand what an amazing, scary, beautiful and creative place that I currently reside. Enough so that I can afford to get out of here.

Will do that soon. Promise. Until then, this is the last poor excuse of writing that I will write. Next entry will be the real deal. See you then - hopefully not next year.

L . McGuire