Long time...

Haven't written a blog in like forever.

So whats been happening with my writing, not much is the short answer.

I've come to the conclustion that i'm lazy, to lazy infact to better my own life. Now what does that say about me? Does it mean that i just don't care about my current currcumstances, no matter how much i complain about them, does it make me a hypocrit? Or just a guy in his early 30's who still doesn't know exactly what he wants and or needs in his life? Answers in a postcard.

Writing has once again been on my mind which is why i'm writing this blog right now, I have many books to read, books in the genre i like, Thrillers, Crime and or Spy, the book i 'want' to write is a Sci-Fi Spy Thriller, I wanted to down play the Sci-Fi aspect. "So why write one then?" Because its a particular Sci-Fi franchise, it can really only be one of two, Star Trek or Star Wars. Now, i happen to know quite a lot about this franchise and figured i'd write my first novel in the time and place of that franchise, to make things a little easier for myself. So i spent more time thinking about the Story-Plot-Characters etc etc...

It hasn't gone well, i have maybe 8 pages written so far, 8 pages in how many months?

I keep hearing people say that "You need to get in habbit of writing" to find a quite corner/place with no window or other distractions and just start, first set a goal, weather it be a time goal like an hour or two, or a word goal like 500 or 1000 words, and once you've reached that goal, run out of time or reached your 1000 words, STOP. But do this every day, maybe giving yourself a day off each week, say Sunday, it is a day of rest after all.

What about the dreadid "Writers Block". I read a book awhile back by Anne Lamottcalled 'Bird by Bird' it was an insightful read, about her Anne goes about her writing, in it she said that Writers Block is incurrect, because your creativity isn't being blocked, you've simply run dry, like a car running out of fuel, and all you need to do if get a refill. Instead of forcing it out, stop writing and refill your creativity. Go for a long walk, watch a film, read a book, have a discussion with friends, do something else besides sitting infront of your computer word processor, save - close - turn off. The more you try to force creativity the harder it is to find, So give yourself permission to finish early.

Now, to me this all makes perfect sense, does it to you? (leave a comment below if it does or does not) So if all this makes perfect sense to me, why do i have so much trouble writing, i wrote this blog on the spur of the moment. I spend, Waste, so much time every day, either watching reruns of Top Gear on Dave (Sky ch 111) or visiting the miriad of social networks online, sitting refreshing pages incase i miss something. Television, The Internet (Ironic) and Noisy Children are among the biggest distracts i now of, so let me tell you a story.

London, Heathrow Airport, June 21.

I sit in the departure lounge waiting for my already late Virgin Boaing 747-700 to start boarding, 1 hour and 15 minutes late, its called 'Cosmic Girl' and bares an image of Dita Von Tess below the cockpit windows. I really hate airports, but its a necessary evil for intaintercontinental travel. The ride was terrible, the sits are to crammed together, people need space, but that economy for you, next time i might spend a little more and upgrade to Premiem Econemy, Maybe. So i watch a few films on the inflight entertainment screen. Landing 11 hours laters in San Francsico International Airport, no trouble with US customs, at all, infact he was very nice. I meet my friend and we drive back to his place, where several others were waiting. Ok, now for the point of this little story, I spend 3 days in his house, with no Internet and no Television (by choice) and i switched off my mobile phone because of the roaming charges, i just checked my emails a few times a day, that it, we then spent 4 days on Berryessa Lake in a house boat. No TV, No Internet, just 11 other people, Booze a speed boat and some water sport devices, the rubber ring and a knee board, needless to say i didn't miss television or the internet, again irony, i uploaded all the video i shot and pictures i took to the internet so i could share them with the eleven others. Point is, i really didn't need television, or the internet.

The Web is fine, its a great tool for research and buying stuff like books, DVD's and furniture, but don't let it take over your life or you'll spend valuable moments of your life pixelated, Turn off the Television, switch off the computer, go out with friends, socialise with real people, people you can see and hear without having to look at a 2 dimentional screen.

So, if i can spend a week with no Television and no Internet, why can't i do it while at home, is it because i'm lazy, because its just easier to entertain myself with Television and the Web. Could i spend time at home, without using either? Could i sit and read books, plan a book, write a book, and or film script.

Maybe my attention span is just to short for something as involved as writing.