I dare to call myself a writer. Identifying with such a proud and esoteric group is a little brave, or maybe just crazy. Maybe I'm heading for a giant fall for all my pride in daring to label my unpublished self as a writer. I don't know. But I am coming out, as it were, as a writer, and I need a place to vent, commiserate, and share all those useless and often unpublishable tidbits that filter in and out of my subconscious like snowflakes. When it becomes a blizzard, I will be on here blogging out all that noise to the whoever wants to be a part of my neuroses. It may give my very supportive husband a bit of a break.
The blogging was inspired by reading my favorite blogs and feeling left out. I follow Erica Brooks' blog from Scotland, More to life than weather -- http://erica-brooks.blogspot.com/ -- and also Tiffany Griggs Caubin's beautiful girly-embracing, chocolate-consuming, high-heels-wearing treatise on all things woman, Fearlessly Female http://www.fearlesslyfemale.blogspot.com/. Those are my favorites and I admire these girls so much that I just had to have a blog of my own. So here I am.
I heard some words of wisdom today which are inspiring me even further to continue my commitment to writing. "Trying is having the intention to fail. You have to scrap that word from your vocabulary. Say you’re going to do it, and you will." Great quote right? I wish it was by Sartre or Hemingway or someone I truly admire as a writer, but no, it's a line from the movie "I Love You, Man" with Paul Rudd and Jason Segal. Maybe they stole it from someone more profound... I hope. Either way, I'm making it my new official motto. Oh and the blog title quote, which is from the ever-wise Yoda.
I've been reading Bird By Bird, by Anne Lamott, for the three thousandth time and there are a million inspirational things she says in there which are really helpful. Probably the most useful is repeated often... just keep writing. I think I'm also going to steal (or say, adopt, it sounds nicer) Erica's Rules for the Leap, that's her commitment to writing and it's been helpful these last few days. It's mostly a good way to stay off the distraction track and forget about the to do list while writing. Except for blog breaks I think that's a good way to go.
So here I am. Taking the leap. I am writer, hear me roar.
2 comments:
There are moments in life that are so obviously designed by God Himself that it leaves no room for wonder and doubt. Ms. Flashdancetastic, you just ushered in one of those moments on a glittering pair of wings.
Imagine my surprise, after experiencing a rotten hour of things gone wrong, sitting at my computer to discover your new blog. Excitedly, I opened it up, scanned down to see the length (my laziness at hand) and thought I saw a familiar name in my blurry sight. What you have done with your wit and courage has brought tears to my eyes and filled my heart with so much frilly love and gratitude to you that I can barely stand it!
You have inspired me TREMENDOUSLY today...for two reasons: 1) I have turned into one big happy cell that my words have in any way moved you. And 2), I am SOOO thrilled that you have ventured into your own world of fearless writing. THRILLED I TELL YOU!
"So here I am. Taking the leap. I am writer, hear me roar."...My favorite line. You are a fantastic writer, Julie, and have given me the gift of motivation today not to give up on my own path. How can I ever thank you? Anxiously awaiting the joy of your future words, thoughts, opinions and courage.
My cup runneth over....TGC
Thanks for blogging! I am excited to read. I love Erica's blog, too. :)
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