It's true. If you write, you need to write a little something every day or you'll lose your momentum and get really awkward.
My novel has been coming along beautifully, and today I didn't write in it, so I turned to my blog instead. I think for a long time I used this blog to write about fragrances and what not, and I still think that's its best purpose. Writing about my everyday life has become awkward for me; I've really become a very private, secretive person and I don't like revealing details of my life to anyone, because there's hardly anyone I trust anymore. Lindsay and I tend to go about our daily lives and say very little of them to anyone on the outside. I rather like it that way.
As you may have noticed if you looked for me, I got rid of my Facebook months ago. So did Lindsay. I love the silence. We both do. We left partly because of legal reasons around our car accident, but I think we left mostly for us. Nobody really spoke to us on there and neither of us had any reason to stay. The daily feed seemed filled with really nasty political gripes...just reading it made me feel dirty.
Leaving Facebook and leaving World of Warcraft seemed to be huge steps toward happiness for Lindsay, and now when we want to play something, we turn to Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, or the consoles. I play a lot of Elder Scrolls: Oblivion; you can literally create your world around you and play in it...clothes, houses, anything. It's also a huge help with writing; the main character in my new novel is the character I play most in Oblivion. For me, it's a really good way to reconnect with her or just unwind. There's nothing quite like relaxing in a cozy house you made yourself.
We're both still in some pain from the accident, but life goes on. We're happy. The animals are happy. And my introversion has reached a point to where it almost seems clinical. I really don't like the company of other people now. I guess that's for the best. :)
There...now I've gone and written an awkward post. Blogging is a whole different thing than writing fantasy.
I think I prefer writing fantasy.
