The other day I decided to write a short story.  I got the idea from a conversation with Peter.  He has been a great confidant in troubled times.  While discussing my ever-present problem of wanting something different he repeated, once again, his assertion that it is not a bad thing that I am dissatisfied with how things are going. He said “You will find something that will allow constant change in your life.  So it isn’t that you need a different job, or different friends, or whatever, it is that you will find a job, or friends that will allow for constant flux.”  To which I responded “I wonder if mother nature is hiring for chameleons.”  That was where I wanted to take the story of Charles - but it ended up not going there.  It was written poorly and I barely revised the thing but it makes me laugh.  So there it is.

So, it has been well over two years since I have done any truly constructive writing.  I have written small blog updates on some sites and read a lot of books but I haven’t been writing.  I feel like most of my writing has to be done when I am discontent and things have been going rather well overall.  The newness of creative writing tapered off rather quickly and writing as an outlet makes for spotty creation.  So with that in mind, I am going to attempt to write more.  This will be a professional endeavor with ultimate business goals that will need to be reached.  Formalizing it will be the only way that I can achieve anything.  I have been writing intermittently on my Google Docs and hope to get up to around 500 words a day on one project or another.  I am going to try to update this page on a weekly basis.  Anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that this is unlikely but I have to try anyway.