Getting derailed almost every day it seems.

I don't even have a good excuse for this lapse in posting. I could say a bunch of things but they would all just be me trying to justify my inability to keep to a schedule. So I'll just take away my excuses.

So its Wednesday and that is usually my day off for my blog. As I have skipped over a week, I think I'll force myself to post something.

I've had a bit of a problem focusing lately. If the pen is far from my hand and I am too busy to jot something down, I have a million and one ideas. Like the "dream chat room" idea I had driving today. But as soon as I get to a place when I can write something down, it escapes me and I get frustrated.

The empty page mocks me. I try to corral my thoughts into a nice single file line, so each idea can get the right amount of focus and attention. More often than not, the thoughts fly in a million direction of distraction. Take the fact I have two cats snoring beside me as I type this. This is a distraction of the cutest proportions and if I don't take care, I'll just pet Morgana for an hour. That, ladies and lords, is a failure.

There are writing exercises that some use, called freewriting, that help get out the "gunk" from the first part of writing. You sit down, get a pencil and paper, and just write. You can start out with a simple "I don't know what to write but..." as long as you're getting words on the sheet. The theory goes that eventually you'll be able to focus and get back to work. Edit it later, just get it on the page.

I am terrible at that.

When I am free writing by hand, I tend to scratch out over half the page, because I am unhappy with the mess that comes out. I know I am not the only person who has done this when typing on the computer. You have an idea. You start to type up said idea. But get no further than the second sentence before completely deleting all of it. I do this so many times a night, its ridiculous. In fact, the opening of this blog itself was rewritten five times, and this sentence twice. Just can't help myself.

I don't have any new content to put out there today. I'll just leave this as it is and update facebook when I get some new content up.

Goodnight, lovelies. I'll see you tomorrow.

Sleep well, and Sweet Dreams.