I've decided to start blogging every day again. I haven't done it in years, and I'm not sure why I stopped. I think partially it was the fact I started to not see the benefit of blogging over a personal handwritten journal. I was risking turning into a social media abuser, needing that next "fix" of encouragement from people instead of God or my own heart in order to feel good about what I wrote.
I've started my book, and as I like pretty things, it should come as no surprise that I decided the cover art, prologue and dedication should be completed first. Which is dumb. Because who needs a prologue when there isn't a manuscript to follow? Oh, typical me. I could make a pile of poop so prettily packaged, no one would ever be the wiser.
Anyway, so I wrote the prologue (which again was stupid because someone totally awesome and famous will actually do that, right?) and the dedication, and found myself writing that while I decided to make my first piece fiction, non-fiction is my heart. But I can't bring myself to write non-fiction, because as it turns out - I am just enough of a narcissist to pull it off, but not nearly interesting enough to really expect anyone to read it. Sadness.
SO I am blogging in hopes of reaching the complete opposite of that narcissistic fix I feel I need for life validation. Are ya with me, all of you who check your facebook 20xs per day hoping someone has reassured you that you're an awesome, lovely being worthy of screen time on their computer?
Meh. Over it.
So there's my plan, and feel free to comment or follow. Or don't - I really don't care. Perhaps we will be encouraged together as I work toward affirming the positive, the nice and the Lord-blessed in the world.
Or maybe I'll just get carpal tunnel.
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