This Blog

When I started this blog I wanted it to focus on my writing, from what inspires me to what drives me crazy.   The past day I have reevaluated my goals and came to the conclusion that my desire remains the same. I need a home for my craft.  It may take me a while to turn these template pages into something of my own, but it will be done.

Each week I will set goals for myself.  Feasible goals which will vary, depending on the levels of mayhem in my life.  One goal which remain the same is to write every day.  It may be five sentences, it may be several chapters, the point is to write...EVERY DAY.

There will also be posts about books I am reading or have read.  How can anyone become a good writer if they aren't reading as much as they are writing?  I, for one, need to read the voices of my genre in order to distinguish my own, something I am still working on.

For now, it's time for me to put it away this blog for the night and deal with the characters who are screaming in my head.  I killed a character a few days ago only to discover she was already dead.  (Yes, this was intentional.)  She isn't exactly happy with me at the moment.  

Happy writing!

The Challenge

I have been challenged to write a blog post every day for a minimum of one month.  What have I gotten myself into!  If you look to see how active this blog has been, or hasn't been, you will understand how big of a challenge this is for me.  My name is Kali and I am a neglectful blogger.  This blog, despite my best intentions, petered out quickly when I couldn't come up with anything to say.  No, the sarcastic comments floating around in my head don't count.  As a writer how can I not have something to say?  No idea.  I just don't. My thoughts and opinions are a dime a dozen.  Perhaps it's lack of practice picking out topics from the world around me or walking around with blinders on.  Perhaps I'm scared to really say what I mean or what I feel.  Uh oh!  This isn't going to be me getting in touch with emotions is it?!  Writing fiction is different, trying to think up something to say about everyday life is a challenge.  Little snippets here and there on Facebook or Twitter are usually random thoughts, an entire post...not so much.  What if I take a bunch  of Twitter posts and smoosh them together and call it a blog post?  No?  Damn.

Let the challenge begin!  Creepy Jaws music is playing in my head...