Back in Action

Years ago, I started this website. Soon after, life happened. I had to shut it down and leave behind the idea of writing for a while. It wasn’t the best decision.

These last few months have been rough. At the beginning of COVID, I didn’t worry too much. I’m used to being home. I’m used to avoiding other people. COVID changed very little for me. I didn’t understand that the few times a month I chilled at the bookstore or went to the library to play boardgames with strangers would weigh down on me over time.

Last month, I hit a wall of depression and existential dread. Hard. My family tried to drag me out of it(not an easy task), but to no avail. I struggled to find joy in anything. I turned to reading and opened BECOMING SUPERMAN by J. Michael Straczynski.

There is so much about that book that grabbed me and shook my depression away. The biggest revelation was that even one of my biggest influences struggled to get where he was. He struggled to find his voice and his way through writing, but he succeeded. The depression, sense of being lost, and occasional hopelessness never ended regardless of his success and still he powered forward. I needed that message. I needed to know there was hope. I needed to not be alone.

His words gave me a reason to sit in front of my keyboard once again. I restarted a project I’ve wanted to revive and finish for awhile now. I searched for more inspiration and found a couple Podcasts. One of which led me to the books of Austin Kleon, STEAL LIKE AND ARTIST and SHOW YOUR WORK. Those books led to me reviving this website.

I’m itching to start KEEP GOING, but I have a system I use to choose the books I read. That is a blog post all its own.

This site is a way for me to vent, celebrate, and share. I may share my amateur art. I may share how many words I wrote that day. I may just riff off the news and delete it because no one needs to see that many curse words written in a single run-on sentence. Either way, this is my showing my work and whatever else I decide to unload.

This website is a work in progress.

I am a work in progress.