| | About two and a half years ago, I was feeling stale as a writer. Hadn't flexed those muscles for awhile, and found it hard to get started again. After a time of having no opportunity, I was finding it hard to feel an inclination. So, inspired by a couple of blogging friends, I joined Xanga. Thought it might jump start me.
It worked. I got hooked on writing again. Found the thoughts came thick and fast. Finished my play, wrote a lot of prose and even some poetry. Made new friends. Happy ending.
Then, through a series of unfortunate events, we had to give up internet at home. At first, I was determined to keep at it, writing on my laptop, posting when I could. For six months I kept at it, and seemed to be serious enough that I even jumped ship to another site--one which felt more literary somehow...the lack of sidebar ads has something to do with it, I suspect. But after awhile, the very atmosphere I had created of literary sobriety began to stifle my impulse to write. Combine that with a busy schedule and continued separation from home internet...well, blogging came to a dead halt.
I'm back online at home again. Happy to be back. And find myself in the place where I started, wanting to exercise those writing muscles again. So I'm here where I'm not so worried about the high tone of my prose. Maybe I'll do what my friend Amy does and blog in both places. Maybe I'll figure out that I have two kinds of posts and keep them separate. Or maybe I'll start something entirely new like my friend Jon did with his 300 Words a Day.
In any event, I know I have lots to write about, and Xanga lets me do it without a lot of fuss. I've missed being able to format easily. And to let people know what I'm reading, watching or listening to, with the click of a button. Of course there's probably nobody listening now, but that's OK, too. I need to write for my own sake for awhile. We'll see if there's still anything worth saying. I just know I'm glad to be back.
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| | Posted 5/27/2009 10:48 PM - 9 Views - 4 eProps - 2 comments
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