I should explain that my part of the #mywritingprocess blog tour, including answers to the four poignant questions posed so poignantly to each poignant blogger (such as “Do you think vocabulary is important?), isn’t scheduled to be posted until May 2. This allows the wisdom of the previous blogger — or in this case, what Ross said — to ferment like a fine Muscat before, eventually, someone breaks into a rendition of “Muscat Love” and, indeed, it is time to move on to the next bloggers on the tour.
So I hope you will visit again next week when I, along with Nic DiDomizio of The Nicolas Blog and Bill Pearse of Pinklightsabre’s Blog will be next on the tour. I’d like to thank Ross for inviting me to participate. If you haven’t already, visit his #mywritingprocess post which, as always, is insightful, entertaining and, as Nic would say, “will make your day less shitty.”
His words, not mine. (But I’m having T-shirts made anyway.)
In the meantime, for those who came here actually expecting to find something thoughtful on writing, here’s a link to a post about one of my biggest writing mistakes (not including that week I thought I wanted to be a cage fighter): One of the biggest mistakes of my life? That time I quite writing
You are welcome here any time. You don’t even have to call first. But I walk around naked when the kids aren’t here, so you might want to call anyway…
(Ned Hickson is a syndicated columnist with News Media Corporation. His first book, Humor at the Speed of Life, is available from Port Hole Publications, Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
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It’s like a friggin’ echo chamber around here!
Could you repeat that?
LOL!
ill check in next week Ned
Thanks, Tom — Looking forward to your radio spot on Sunday!
hahaha me too man
I’m going to go drink Moscato while listening to Cap’n and Tenille now.
Just make sure you do some stretches before you do the Jitterbug.
I was planning to show up here today, anyway, just so I could be first in line for next week! I brought a cooler full of orange Nehi and beanie weenies, a sleeping bag, and a Walkman the size of a 1957 Pontiac. 😀
Marcia, You had me at beanie weenies… 😉
Why doesn’t that surprise me? 😀
Hmmm. Was quitting writing really a “mistake”? Could you have gotten through your personal issues while continuing to write? And you did come back when your situation stabilized. I guess what I’m asking is: Is it possible to write your way through tough times?
“Could you have gotten through your personal issues while continuing to write?”
You made me laugh because writing really is my personal issue, so no, I could never get through personal issues without writing. Is there supposed to be a difference? 🙂
Good question, Paul. I think it depends on the person. For me, I needed that time to just be a Dad and get my kids into a comfortable place emotionally as we established the “new normal.” Even though I joke a lot, my writing comes from the heart. At that point, my heart was on auto pilot.
I think most writers need those tough times to ’round out’ their writing.
I agree, Suz. I would be hard to live with without the occasional booty-kick 😉
Most definitely.
This is exactly why I only drink white wine. I want to make sure I can get into all the blogs.
Haha! Once I get my blog Teflon coated, I’ll start serving red wine again.
Huh?
Wha…
Dunno…maybe more coffee is needed.
More coffee is always needed. Especially when reading this blog. Or probably something stronger.
I fully support the T-shirt idea! I myself think I’m going to have beanies and maybe some limited edition glowsticks made as well.
I think there might be possibilities for Trojans in there, too.
Good luck, everyone!
I participated in this blog tour a little while ago, not realizing it was broader than the Northern Virginia Writers Club because, well, once you’ve reached the zenith of NVWC, what else is there? Anyway, I appreciated this because I always love to know who humor writers are reading. That’s not the easiest nut to crack in the blogging world, so thanks for the links to these writers.
So you’re telling me my goal of triumphantly reaching the NVWC through this tour is a pipe dream?!? Oh well, there’s always South Dakota…
Seriously, I know what you mean and am glad to pass those links along. Especially Ross Murray, who is one of my favorites. And not just because he sent me a can of real maple syrup from Canada. Although it didn’t hurt.