So to write.....

I found it so easy to put words on paper for this simple blog before I decided that this was officially the next avenue I would take. Now I stare at this blank, stark white screen and wonder " What to write?" what do I write about? Are people really all that interested in what I have to say? Is what I say really all that clever?
I sat in my first Write Brain meeting of the Pikes Peak Writers association the other week. Though I had an immense amount of fun, I felt as if there was ten feet between the top of my head and the surface of the water. I truly felt out of my league. They were talking about writing books and plotting and characters, and the such. Of the 'such', I have none. I'm a blogger. I don't even know why I blog, but I do enjoy it. Though I need to do more, ALOT more. Will I ever right a book? Probably not. I am definitely more of the humorous genre in writing. I love reading this columns in the paper and the books they come out with later. It's short, to the point, and well, funny. That's pretty much all I have time for these days, anyways.
I now feel that there is a reason that we are here. Ok, we did beg for this assignment, but I truly believe that God has granted it to us. On the way here, I lost a very dear friend of mine. My heart broke and I felt further away than I have ever before. At that point, all creativity in me was buried. It did not lie among the weeds for long. My first friend that I met here was at a knitting group, who turns out will be a published author and introduced me to this entire writers world here in the Springs. We were meeting to knit, but those needles never came out of our bags. Instead we sat and talked, laughed and had a wonderful time talking about writing. Jo, if that was you, thank you. My heart warms at just the thought of it. Turns out, she started writing late in life, and made sure that I knew 38 was not to old. I, in-turn, convinced her to let me read one of her unpublished novels. ( which, by the way, is very entertaining. Her main character's name, Shelby. If that ain't a sign). Even both our husbands are computer guys who love Apple. She has given me that nudge that says, "Go ahead. Leap. There is nothing to lose."
So, the question begs to be answered. The answer is, yes. I will continue with the writers meetings and I will continue to write. As a matter of fact, the next meeting is all about blogging. I will make a commitment to write at least once a week. Kinda like if I had a real job at a real newspaper ( or NPR, cause yes, I am that nerdy). For right now, this will be my venue, and you my audience. Are you ready to ride?


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