Writing this blog is a good exercise I've decided. It is like a mirror that reflects back to me who I am and what I'm doing. More often than not I feel I need a little readjustment in the way I do things. I don't think I'm overly critical, but maybe I do have the tendency to examine where I am today in life. Don't we all at one point or another? Is this blog reflecting the real writer in me? Or is it just another ego-trip of which I think all blogs are suspect of? Is this just the new generation's way of saying: I need therapy, but I'm too cheap/self-aware/egotistic to get professional help? I like to think about these things every now and then to test myself. How else am I going to examine the packaging so to speak of the box by being on the inside of it?
So what is my conclusion thus far? I think I'm too preachy, maybe talking in too many general statements than actually saying anything about what I really am up to writing this book series. Trying too hard to examine top-down the great art of writing instead of bottom-up handling the issue of the day. What do you think? Should I give up my siren's call to become a writer and become a priest instead? That wouldn't work, cuz they work with simple examples and personal situations too. Maybe a politician? They speak in general broad statements. Nah, too many mind games and actual politics. I'm, way too sensitive - and still have that issue with abuse of authority.
I think I'll leave the examination for what it is for now - even if it's just to get away from the self aimed microscope and actually do some 'being me'.
These are the things that are happening around me now: I'm starting to have dreams about the very things I'm writing about. Weird mash-ups of fantastical fictive events mixed in with actual friends and situations. Maybe I'm getting too involved with the material. I am reading Joseph Cambell's 'Hero with the Thousand Faces' at the moment as well as the Hellboy trade paperbacks, so there is a lot of heavy epic and mythical stuff going on there. To top it off I went to see 'Solomon Kane' last night and boy was that ever the heavily psychadelic type of action adventure flick. I have more books I'm reading all over the house: 'God is not Great', 'Empowered', '2012: The Return of Quetzacotl', 'Smoke and Mirrors' and 'Fairy Tails' - so influences galore.
I'm struggling with getting a regular diet & exercise. I find I'm sacrificing mindfulness on what I eat and how much I exercise (including meditation, which lays the very foundation for mindfulness) in order to spend more time writing. So this is leading to weight issues (currently an unhealthy 200 lbs/93 kg) for a 5'11''/1,79m tall guy. I know, I know, I'm also almost 40 yrs, so I shouldn't be too upset, but still: I'd still like to be able to climb 4 flights of stairs from the kitchen to my writing room without breathing heavily. I mean, I'm not sacrificing time watching movies or TV-shows at night.
So that's just a little about my life right now. The fictional life of Simon & Sally (there, I've given you the names of our heroes) continues on in chapter 19, where they are now in Mexico City. They are trying to stay out of the clutches of a corporate villain, while also having to find a magical portal that will transport them south to an endangered fairy tale city. Like I stated before, the heroes and their friends are split up all over the place trying to find each other again and I've included a map just to give you a visual.
All right, I'm off writing again, but that depends on the Internet, as I need to do the necessary research while writing and our Internet connection is spotty this week.
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