I wanted to be a writer.
Scratch that - I still want to be a writer.
A metric shit load of things have blocked my path - crappy grades, ADD, being self reliant at age 23, jobs that consume me/my IQ/my time, and eventually…fear.
This week, local consumer rights-self made man-please let him run for mayor personality Clark Howard had this gem of a link in his weekly newsletter:
Budget Travel’s 10th anniversary will be in 2008–and to celebrate the occasion, we’re devoting our June 2008 issue entirely to our readers. Which means you’ll be the ones doing the writing and the photographing! We truly can’t do this without you, so please read below to find out how you can contribute.
I sent it to The Mc who assaulted me with completely biased if not overly supportive words of encouragement. I sent it to Kel who responded with “me like!”. That’s good enough. Maybe I need to stop running from the dream and start chasing it instead. Maybe not this exact opportunity, but something similar of my own creation.
I sat for a second and thought through some of the “why not” scenarios when logic made a remarkably timed appearance and pointed out that I lack inspiration and potentially even drive. I didn’t argue.
Where can I find a writing coach for ideas that inspire, criticism that comforts, and round the clock availability?
Right here on this vera blog, me thinks.
So here’s the deal, kids: I’m going to give a few ideas a whirl, and I’m going to tag them under the category of “Writing Project”, and you’re going to provide comments with likes and dislikes and maybe even throw some ideas my way about subjects/topics/locales from my past that I should tackle and in the end I’m going to stick my neck out and do something with what I learn during our adventure. What that looks like ideally is travel writer, but what it will look like in actuality is a place only you and I can find together.
Are you up for it?
25 Oct 07
4:56 pm
hell yes i’m up for it! prepare for gloves off honesty and real community support. if there is one human i know that has writer scrawled across their depth of experiences…it is you…dearest maigh. a travel rag should be so lucky. i cannot wait to see where you take us! bon voyage.
25 Oct 07
4:56 pm
That is awesome! You can definitely do it. I have no doubt. I will be even more jealous of you when you do do it!!!
25 Oct 07
6:22 pm
Take the maybe out of this sentence, “Maybe I need to stop running from the dream and start chasing it instead.”
25 Oct 07
8:53 pm
1) Fuck.
2) Yeah.
26 Oct 07
7:51 am
Do it! You have true talent and you need to take full advantage of it. I can’t wait to see what you have in store for the people!
26 Oct 07
9:32 am
Right there with ya girlie!!! I, myself, have been struggling with the same thing. People telling me I have a talent for writing but I just “sit on it”. LOL!!!
*sticks her arms out and pushes*
Go on wit it!!!!
*sighs* I’ve always been a better cheerleader!! LOL!!
26 Oct 07
10:16 am
Hells yeah!
26 Oct 07
10:43 am
oh here’s another opportuny!!
http://flowersinaurinal.com/contest.aspx
26 Oct 07
10:55 am
Dude! Git ‘er done! This will be awesome.
P.S. If you write stuff about here in Bastropia, I’ll post it on our site. You can send me any Yelps you wrote from your last visit to start - we have promised a restaurant review section. You (and the Jesus, if he’s still out there and has opinions, LOL) can get us started. Someone needs to go to Little Thailand in Garfield, that’s for sure.
Love you! Yay dreams!
27 Oct 07
12:41 am
You ARE a good writer. Why do you think we keep coming back for more!
30 Oct 07
1:42 pm
I came for the writing but stayed for the photos
06 Nov 07
1:52 pm
if you’re gonna run, you might as well run towards something than away from it. Unless it’s a bear. Which one could encounter in Alaska. A place you’ve been. A travel destination for many. See? You know more about travel writing than you think.
26 Nov 07
8:48 am
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