The Good, the Bad, and the Crazy: The Antics of an Aspiring Writer

I've always tried not to be a cliché, stereotype, or follower of trends. I'll follow societal dos and don'ts, I'll be professional and mature, and I'll be sweet and kind, but under that exterior is someone who won't take no for an answer, can be overly sarcastic, is a little crazy, and always in over her head. So it's no surprise, that after swearing I'll never touch another social media site, a few months later go and do exactly that. It all started in 8th grade I believe...maybe 9th. The timing doesn't really matter. I chose to create a Facebook account. It became really useful in staying in touch with friends in other towns and states (and the games were pretty fun, too). Eventually, though, it wasn't all what it was chalked up to be and I had pretty much stopped using it.  Then twitter came along and I had dismissed it pretty quickly. I was barely using Facebook at the time, so another site that involved following and tweeting didn't real...

It took almost a year, but I'm finally writing a post about writing. I know, what a shocker! A blog by an author that is intended to talk about writing has finally gotten a post that isn't a list of or complaint of something not even related to the field of writing. And if you were expecting a list, a tangent, or a complaint, don't stop reading just yet, I'm sure at least one of those things will occur at some point during this post. And well if you weren't expecting a complaint or list and aren't really into that kinda stuff I still suggest you keep reading. Who knows, maybe I'll surprise all of you guys reading (and myself) by not complaining or making a list. I probably should get on the whole writing portion of this post before it turns into what all of my posts always seem to be: lists and complaints. So what I'd like to talk about today is my lack of any good inspiration. (So I guess technically I am complaining...) But anyway, I've been work...