the back burner

shift

Hello again, blog. The new resolution is a little writing every morning. I'll be doing some limited backposting, mainly helpful quotes from the last three weeks. But mainly, I think it's time for me to start writing down stories that I see happening around me. Less writing about my head and more writing about what's going on outside.

Like two days ago, I drove past a sign that read: "my karma ran over my dogma." Sure beats me, but I laughed anyway. The crab inside my shell came out to taste the breeze, then scuttled back inside. Baby steps. I could probably write something about that, right? I wonder if some writers just write as a way of coping with their own fears. Somebody likes their manuscript, they sign a deal, and suddenly they're on the shelves: successful, accomplished, glossy. Writing down words that other people understand must bring a breathe-easy feeling of validation. Hope for salty hermit crabs afraid of intimacy?

Wonder if it works with blogs.