I’m still alive!

I’m reminded how everyone takes their writing personally. Even people who really don’t deserve the tag “writer,” will take real offense if you criticize something they’ve put to paper. And the real writers? They’re no better. It’s a sort of righteous indignation. It’s a conscious choice, I think, to listen to someone criticize your writing and take it to heart. The critique group I’m part of, they will be brutally honest with people. We’ll see how I do when the time comes for me to read something to the group.

Here I Go

I’ve probably written 20,000 articles in my career. But this is my first blog post. Auspicious, I guess. I’m excited to see where this takes me. I plan on writing about my experiences writing my first novel. I’m pretty clear on the idea. It’s the execution that’s staring me in the face now. Once I get going, I should have a first draft in a matter of months. I think I can easily write 2,000 words a day.