I once heard that a blank paper is the most frightening sight to a writer. I didn't believe it. Writing has always been fairly easy to me. Stuff falls from the sky into my head and through my fingers into a story. Isn't that how it works? But starting a blog...where is my large quantity of stuff? Why is the sky letting me down at this moment? Where are all those fictional characters in fictional towns facing fictional situations? Oh! So, blogging is about real life? Now, that's scary!
I attended a writer's conference today, and one of the presenters suggested that blogging and social media were essential to success in the writers' market. I came home and jumped off into the great unknown (to me) of blogging in much the same way that I decided to take skiing lessons when I turned 40; I imagine that blogging is much safer than sky-diving or running with the bulls in Spain.
So, for those of you who are writers, or beach-lovers, or senior citizens braving new adventures, or anyone who finds enjoyment in this blog, I look forward to sharing some thoughts - stray or otherwise.
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