Why?

I put The Plan out there for all to read. So now everyone knows where I am going. At least for now. Who knows that the years will bring? Who knows if The Plan will be successful? Who knows if I’ll change The Plan a half million times?

The important thing is that I have a plan and I am working towards it.

So what is the purpose of this blog? What is the purpose of my barely coherent scribbles? How does this fit into The Plan?

This blog has multiple purposes. First and foremost, it is a place to allow me to scribble. It is important to keep writing, even if that writing has nothing to do with anything. Writing these stupid, simple, meaningless blurbs of nothingness keeps me writing, editing, rewriting, and editing some more, etc.

Writing is easy. Writing without mistakes, incoherent sentences, grammar errors, etc., is difficult and requires practice.

There are a couple of other reasons for this blog. Someday, and this day may never come, someone I do not know will read a novel that I haven’t written yet and become emotionally attached to the story. They won’t be able to put the book down. When they are done reading it they will want more.

That person, and there may be only one of them that ever exists, will be A Fan. In the search for “more”, I hope that fan finds this blog and reads my drivel to see where it all came from. Of course, that person may no longer be A Fan once they realize that I am shooting all of this directly out of my arse.

This blog is for them.

And the last reason is for the person who wants so badly to write something but doesn’t know where to start. You have an idea. You can see the scenes in your head. You know the characters so well that they talk to you in their own voice. The stories in your mind are no different than memories. You feel the love, pain, anguish, joy, and despair that your characters feel.

This blog is for you.

This blog will detail the struggles I have experienced while planning, writing, and editing my novels, stories, and various other drivels. One week you will read about how I go through the planning process, the next week you will read a poem about my pug. Occasionally you will gain some insight as to what a writer goes through. Most likely you will read what I write and be understandably upset that you have wasted ten minutes of your life that will never be regained.

Regardless of whom you are, your station in life, your desires, or reasons, this blog is ultimately for you.

Enjoy!